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Letting an employee go, what are the rules?

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Letting an employee go, what are the rules?

we need to let an employee go, what are the rules to do that? do we have to give 2 weeks notice? do we have to issue some sort of a letter?

Its a daycare business so we dont really like to have her stick around once we let her go because if she gets mad for one reason or another she is working with kids and we dont want that.
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2 weeks notice with a reason why you're terminating her employment status.

WOULD SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!
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Cheapo-Findo wrote: 2 weeks notice with a reason why you're terminating her employment status.
A reason is not required (perhaps provincial laws vary) although it is the right thing to do in my view. One would hope the employee was already spoken to in an attempt to correct the inappropriate behavior.
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Depends on how long she has worked there. Give her 2 weeks severe pay and have her leave right then.
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She worked with us a little bit over a month. She is part time and only been working 3-3.5 hour per day most weekdays. I dont mind paying her for the weeks and have her not show up, will i just have to take the average pay she had till now to pay for these 2 weeks?
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Call the appropriate Ontario ministry and ask them rather than here. I would think 0 severance is the law but not sure as I haven't checked in ages for part-time employees < 2 mos.
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Thanks for the link, according to this if an employee worked less than 3 month no notice is required.
What would be the honest thing to do thou? should we pay her anything as severance?
She didnt do anything bad, just not performing that well and makes all other employees work harder as she is lazy to do her work.
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No severance needed, just pull her in the office, tell her the bad news and escort her out.
urir10 wrote: Thanks for the link, according to this if an employee worked less than 3 month no notice is required.
What would be the honest thing to do thou? should we pay her anything as severance?
She didnt do anything bad, just not performing that well and makes all other employees work harder as she is lazy to do her work.

WOULD SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!
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urir10 wrote: Thanks for the link, according to this if an employee worked less than 3 month no notice is required.
What would be the honest thing to do thou? should we pay her anything as severance?
She didnt do anything bad, just not performing that well and makes all other employees work harder as she is lazy to do her work.
Depends on the environment... if its a minimum wage type of entry level environment... you can honestly just fire her and nothing will happen most likely... hopefully you don't.

The right thing to do... is to setup a 3 strikes and you're out rule. It protects you from litigation. Have everything on paper... Signed by both parties.
Note these things on a performance review. That's why you should conduct them every 6 months.
Write her up for the bad behavior. Employer & employee sign that performance agreement... Under the agreement list things she did wrong, and how she can improve.
Do this at least 3 times before firing to cover your ass.

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