Employee Misconduct - Mortgage woes seen holding U.S. growth "below trend" (Reuters)

Reuters - A credit crunch stemming from turmoil in the subprime mortgage market will trigger further weakness in housing and keep U.S. economic growth "below trend" most of this year, a UCLA Anderson Forecast unit said in a report on Monday.

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Once you decide to dismiss a worker, procrastination will only make a bad circumstance worse. Somehow, the legal advisers for these bad ex-personnel have made everyone afraid to tell the truth about their clients. Some conditions of employment are common knowledge, and you do not need to write hundred-page employment rulebooks to protect yourself from rogue workforce. The prevalence of litigation in our society means that many difficult employees will begin suit claiming you have unfairly laid off them. You can overcome all of these by following specific termination methods. When it goes into effect, we'll pay your extra severance benefits according to this memorandum.

To make your life easier, you'll find fill-in-the-blank dismissal notice templates in the worker Dismissal Toolkit which came with this edition of the Guidebook. o Job loss owing to economic conditions and competitive pressures. The question I'd like you to consider is, "What would our separation package need to look like for you to sack from the firm and start a new assignment somewhere else? Once the memorandum is ready, have your legal department, or independent attorney-at-law review it. Whomever you choose, the worker should have a positive feeling about the witness. No laws require you to offer discontinuance pay. Once you have set up the rules, you can then begin the second item, recording the employee's problems. Once you notice it, you should immediately start down the path towards layoff procedures. Tell the jobholder what happens next. Regulations for Employee Rights in Dismissals.