Gross misconduct: Stealing $5300 from the firm (Sack right away.) Estimate your risk of a litigation with each individual on the "hit list.". Furthermore, if the reason for terminating the worker had anything to do with criminal activity or blatant immoral behavior in the workplace, that can easily be documented as justifiable grounds for the termination. Although much of this book has described how to sack a single employee, this chapter discusses mass lay offs of personnel.

Step 2 in How to separate Someone: Keep the jobholder Informed. I'm a turnaround consultant and the author of the best-selling, "The Insider Secrets to Saving Your small company: The Step-by-Step Turnaround Guide." (www.turnaroundcentral.com) In case you don't know, turnaround consultants save failing companies from bankruptcy. Finally, if something in the difficult employee's life is depressing her, at times sending her off to a professional seminar or convention can work wonders for her spirits. If you want to "get" someone, here's what you need to do. Let's say you're a manager in an Information Technology (IT) firm and have hired a new computer programmer right out of college. If you feel the terminated employee is going out of bounds, you must tell her so. A sample notification of misbehavior helps set up a formal, unemotional tone when dealing with insubordinate employees. In return for a release and a promise not to sue you, you must offer the employee something in return. Although the basics of employment termination may remain the same for years, labor laws do have a tendency to change. It can disrupt the workplace for weeks, or even months. Having a sample letter of disobedience on file can assist you through most insubordination issues.