can we fire someone on verbal complaint...like what people are saying about that person ....? you never received a report from their supervisor that something is bad ...!!?
Would you take the decision to fire that employee anyway as any official charge is held against him ?
2007-10-17 13:59:52 · 8 answers · asked by bobby s 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment ➔ Other - Careers & Employment
It really depends on what your State and local laws are. In Ohio, where I live, its an "at will" work state so you can basically be fired at any time for no reason. But you can still collect unemployment if it is found that you were fired for no just cause. My brother who is in personnel, tells me that in Michigan you do have to have all kinds of documentation. Indiana is a "right to work" state and that may have a whole different set of rules.
2007-10-17 14:08:00 · answer #1 · answered by smoothie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you are in a "right to work" state, you don't necessarily have to have a valid reason to terminate someones employment. That being said, if you are in a position to make this type of decision, I would say to you, take care of your employee.
If the person has issues, or complaints about their performance than you owe them an opportunity to correct their behavior. You would want someone to do the same for you. Before you confront them with the issues, you must verify what you are being told. Are the complaints "valid" or are they people just saying things because this person is different? Either way verify, verify, verify! You would want someone to do the same for you.
Lastly, if the complaints are valid, communicate feedback to the person and allow them to speak to the issues. Get their version of events, hear them out. Again, don't assume you have the whole story until you hear from them. Once you hear from them, determine which is the true story. In my experience as a manager, typically the truth lies somewhere between the two stories you are getting.
Decide what you need to do about it once you have both sides and if the issue is truly the person, give them a responible amount of time to correct their behavior. Reasonable can be anywhere from one week to 30 days depending on the seriousness of the issues.
Good Luck!
Darlene
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2007-10-17 21:54:58 · answer #2 · answered by mcdarling 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you live in a 'right to work' state you can fire them. The only problem with this, is that they could come back at you and sue you over firing them for an inane reason, so many people make sure they have heavy documentation and reasoning for firing said person.
Good luck.
2007-10-17 21:30:55 · answer #3 · answered by Sarah C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get the wheels in motion for a official written complaint, also document verbal complaints and begin to build a case of evidence to use against them/
2007-10-17 21:29:44 · answer #4 · answered by Simlqd 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The laws vary from state to state. Some states are "at will" states, and the employer can hire or fire whenever they need to. Certainly if we needed to cut costs to save the company, we would just do layoffs. However, if you fire with out good reason, you'll have to cover the unemployment costs.
2007-10-17 21:10:02 · answer #5 · answered by hottotrot1_usa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO. According to the Labor Code, you cannot terminate the services of an employee, NOT UNLESS he has committed a GRAVE offense against the Laws of the Country OR he has made an offense which punishment is equivalent to termination ACCORDING TO YOUR Company's Code of Conduct.
If you continue to fire him.... You might receive a Lawsuit from that employee, and charges are WAY beyond what your company expects.
2007-10-17 21:09:51 · answer #6 · answered by LJ 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Im a supervisor also ive been to this before yes you can fire him but you need some documents like violation to a company late , absences,insubordination and dishonesty...its up to you your the boss if you have reasons to fire him then do fire him...
2007-10-17 21:03:38 · answer #7 · answered by mary ann p 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. They would have to first be evaluated. And if found wrong- Then they have to be written up.
There is a process before firing someone unless its really serious. But bad mouthing isnt one. So this might take soem time.
2007-10-17 21:03:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋