Teaching social studies to young children (birth through age 8)

Terminating Employees

Introduction

Terminating employees is the process by which a company or a place of work ends the individual's employment against their will (Encyclopedia of Business, 2013). Termination can be due to a number of reasons such as poor performance, inability to perform according to what's required, conflict with the managers or colleagues or disciplinary issues. The employee has no control over the instances that had finally led to his separation with the company.However, there are instances that are totally attributed to the other developments outside of employees control like restructuring, downsizing, relocation or mergers which all cause a reduction in the force. It is important for the small businesses to terminate employees when their performance is below par and has an effect on the overall performance of the company.The situation of termination must be handled with care to avoid negative feelings about the company's image and reducing the morale of the company (Richard, 2012). There are a number of steps that can be taken to reduce the impact of employee termination of a place.

Discussion

Background

The federal Wagner Act of 1935 in the United States made it illegal for the companies to fire employees and there were laws and court rulings in the middle of twentieth century that showed increasing concern about wrongful discharge. The employment at will means that in some cases the employer doesn't need a reason to terminate the employee. Therefore, an employee can be terminated at any time without given a reason. It also means that an employee can leave the job without a reason and there is no requirement from the employer to provide a notice before terminating (Alison, 2013). In the 1960s and after a number of laws were enacted to protectt the workers in being terminated wrongfully due to any reason. In the 1980s, the employment-at-will became theoretical and company would legally fire an employee without a valid reason.

Historical Perspective

According to many scholars, the doctrine of the employment-at-will appeared in legal paper by Horace C. Wood, Master and Servant where the author cited four American cases that supported his claim for the above notion. However, his concept was wrongly described by him as this doctrine was already accepted in the courts. When Wood's paper appeared many courts started to cite his work and thus, it soon became a court ruling and an accepted law.in its original form or the rulings of court after Wood's paper did not contain a plausible reason for employment-at-will, however, it was known later that the employee must feel free to leave his job anytime, otherwise there was a possibility of the involuntary servitude which was prohibited in the U.S constitution. This doctrine is only applicable when there is termination of a contract by any party and at any time (Ronald, 2000)

Employee Termination

Most of the managers hate to terminate an employee and the impact on the employee is self-evident. Also, many managers are unable to learn the right way of ...