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Terminations

Arbitration covers claims for unpaid bonus and severance

07/01/2007

The California Court of Appeal recently ruled that binding arbitration mandated by an arbitration agreement could determine a former employee’s wage claims for an unpaid profit-sharing bonus and severance pay …

‘Misconduct’ makes employees ineligible for unemployment benefits

07/01/2007

Q. When will a terminated worker be denied unemployment benefits under California law?

When terminating, you don’t have to be right as long as you’re reasonable

07/01/2007

Courts aren’t set up to serve as super-personnel departments. They generally will let the experts—that’s you—decide how to manage your work force. As long as you act in good faith and believe you are doing the right thing, the courts probably won’t second-guess you …

Make a stupid mistake? You may be sued for whatever trouble it causes

07/01/2007

In this day and age of ceaseless litigation, it should come as no surprise that many of the mistakes you make will land you in court. That’s even true for something as simple as neglecting to deduct child support from an employee’s paycheck …

State auditors investigating purchase-Card fraud

07/01/2007

Georgia Tech has fired an employee who rang up $25,000 in personal charges on a state purchasing card and failed
to repay it. The disturbing part is …

Don’t allow shift preferences that favor some, exclude others

07/01/2007

Sometimes, it’s impossible to manage multiple shifts and satisfy everyone. Someone is bound to come to work unhappy …

To bury age discrimination, track decision-makers’ ages, too

07/01/2007

As the population gets older, age discrimination cases are sure to become more commonplace. Some tried-and-true administrative processes can discourage those claims …

Don’t delay termination notice if you’re confident you’re right

07/01/2007

If you can justify a decision to terminate an employee — even one with a disability or who is on FMLA leave — don’t wait. Just do it …

You can prohibit uncivil language as well as obviously offensive speech

07/01/2007

One person’s good-natured pet name may be another’s racist comment. You can — and should — create an anti-harassment policy …

Good faith and bad references

07/01/2007

Q. How do I give a reference for a worker I had to fire?