From the course: Letting an Employee Go
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Dealing with serious offenses
- One important way to categorize terminations is to differentiate between terminations due to poor performance versus terminations due to employee misconduct. Generally speaking, things like making many mistakes or not completing tasks on time are not misconduct. I'm referring here only to serious offenses that immediately or over time might be cause for termination. For example, theft, fraud, intoxication or drug use, intentional damage to property or assets, violence, creating a hostile work environment, or repeated gross insubordination. Even though some of these seem clear cut, you must think about the issue of severity. Behaviors that are less objectionable could lead to a termination when they're repeated, whereas behaviors that are highly objectionable often lead to immediate termination. Please note that depending on where you work and where you live, the rules vary as to what is a minor offense, a more…
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