Termination with Dignity
Becoming unemployed is one of the greatest traumas of life, so there seems to be a very common desire to soften the blow when terminating an employee. You’ve heard all the euphemisms before, “We have to let you go,” “the job was eliminated,” “we’re downsizing,” but no matter the situation or phrases you choose, the person is still out of a job. And as an HR professional, your job is to do whatever you can to help them get back into the workforce.
July 23, 2018 Read more
There are few moments more heart-sickening than the one in which your boss knocks, enters your office, closes the door, and asks, “Can I talk to you?” Or that moment right after you’ve been summoned to the HR office, when you walk in to find your boss across from the head of HR, motioning you…
June 25, 2018 Read more
We’ve all heard the horror stories: The one about the worker who was mistakenly left out of a company meeting only to learn about mass layoffs after returning from lunch. Or what about the employees who came to work Monday morning to find their computers locked and belongings packed, all before even learning the company…
May 21, 2018 Read more
No one likes layoffs. It can be a tough decision when deciding to let people go, whether it’s one employee or a group of 1,000. HR has a multi-tiered role when laying off employees, starting with the initial planning discussions all the way through the offboarding process — and sometimes beyond. With so much to consider…
April 23, 2018 Read more
It’s never easy to terminate an employee, no matter the circumstances. If you’re in HR, you probably put a lot of consideration into how to protect the company and follow proper legal procedures. What you may not put as much thought into is how to handle the termination ethically from the employee’s standpoint. Becoming unemployed…
December 12, 2017 Read more
Between December 2007 and June 2009, America experienced its worst economic recession since the Great Depression. Millions of people lost their jobs and homes. More saw their savings crumble. Recovery from the Great Recession has been slow but steady in many sectors. According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, gross domestic product and job…
September 19, 2017 Read more
Heroes come in all sizes, and you don’t have to be a giant hero. You can be a very small hero. It’s just as important to understand that accepting self-responsibility for the things you do, having good manners, caring about other people—these are heroic acts. Everybody has the choice of being a hero or not being a hero every day of their lives.
December 6, 2012 Read more