TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- ABOUT THIS BOOK -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I Understanding Rightful Termination -- QUIZ: ARE YOU AT LEGAL RISK? -- WHAT YOUR SCORE MEANS -- TERMINATION MYTHS AND REALITIES -- ABOUT TERMINATION: AN INTERVIEW -- PUBLIC POLICY DISCRIMINATION CONTRACTS -- PART II Hiring Impacts Firing -- FINE-TUNING THE HIRING PROCESS -- Step 1: Develop a Preinterview Strategy -- Step 2: Evaluate the Resume -- Sample Resume -- Resume Reading Exercise -- Answers: -- Review: -- Step 3: Be Cautions During the Interview -- Exercise -- Step 4: Follow up After the Interview -- Step 5: Making the Offer -- Case Study: THE CANDIDATE -- Part One -- Exercise -- Authors' Response: -- PART III Taking Disciplinary Action -- DISCIPLINARY ACTION -- Why We Ignore the Difficult Employee -- Why Employees Don't Perform Up to Standard -- Exercise -- AREAS OF CONCERN -- Exercise -- THE DISCIPLINARY MEETING -- Before the Disciplinary Meeting -- Some Tips: -- Active Listening Includes Three Main Components: -- Exercise -- WARNING SIGNS -- Performance Improvement Model -- Case Study: ERRATIC PERFORMANCE -- Part One -- Authors' Response: -- Part Two -- Authors' Response: -- Specific Actions That Need to Be Corrected -- Part Three -- Authors' Responses: -- A Bit of Basic Philosophy -- The Benefits of the Meeting -- Implement the Disciplinary Process -- Case Study: A POOR ATTITUDE -- Part One -- Authors' Response -- Part Two -- Authors' Response: -- Part Three -- Authors' Response: -- Case Study: MARGINAL PERFORMANCE -- Part One -- Authors' Response: -- Part Two -- Authors' Response: -- SAMPLE PROGRESS SHEET -- PART IV Understanding the Grounds for Firing an Employee -- CATEGORIES OF TERMINATION -- Reducing Legal Exposure -- Case Study: THE CANDIDATE -- Part Two -- Exercise -- Authors' Response: -- 2. GROSS MISCONDUCT. Case Study: GROSS MISCONDUCT -- Exercise -- Authors' Response: -- Case Study: REDUCTION IN FORCE -- Exercise -- Authors' Response: -- PART V Avoiding Legal Action -- PROTECT YOURSELF -- Employee Handbook Guidelines -- EEO Policy -- Policy of Employment -- Hours of Work -- Payment of Overtime -- Standards of Employee Conduct -- Unauthorized or Prohibited Employee Conduct -- Termination -- Holidays -- Vacation -- Sick Leave or Personal Time -- Leaves of Absence -- Alcohol and Drug Policy -- PROTECTED CLASSIFICATIONS -- Women -- Physically Challenged -- Older Workers -- Ethnic Minorities -- Credo of Rightful Termination -- AFTERWORD -- APPENDIX Sample Forms -- NONEXEMPT TELEPHONE REFERENCE CHECK -- EXEMPT TELEPHONE REFERENCE CHECK -- SAMPLE OFFER LETTER -- SAMPLE FIRST-STEP WARNING -- SAMPLE SECOND-STEP WARNING -- SAMPLE THIRD-STEP WARNING -- SAMPLE RELEASE AND WAIVER -- ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
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Employees -- Dismissal of -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Popular works.