Employee Separation

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Employee Separation Retention Management
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Employee Turnover
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Types of Turnover
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Voluntary

• Employee Initiated

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Involuntary

• Organization Initiated

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Involuntary

• Organization Initiated

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Involuntary - Discharge

• discipline
• poor performance

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Involuntary - Downsizing

• permanent layoff
• temporary layoff
• site or plant closing, relocation
• redundancy due to a merger or acquisition

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Managing Involuntary Turnover
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Tools

• Employment at Will
• Justice
• Outcome fairness
• Procedural justice
• Interactional justice
• Progressive Discipline
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Employee Assistance Program
• Outplacement Counseling

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Principles of Justice

• Outcome fairness
• the judgement that people make with respect to
  the outcomes received relative to the outcomes
  received by other people
• Procedural justice
• methods used to determine the outcomes received
• Interactional justice
• interpersonal nature of how the outcomes were
  implemented

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Progressive Discipline

• Unofficial verbal warning
• Official written warning
• Second official warning, with threat of temporary
  suspension
• Temporary suspension
• Termination

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Stages in Alternative Dispute Resolution
Open door policy
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Stages in Alternative Dispute Resolution
Peer Review
Open door policy
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Stages in Alternative Dispute Resolution
Mediation
Peer Review
Open door policy
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Stages in Alternative Dispute Resolution
Arbitration
Mediation
Peer Review
Open Door Policy
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Employee Assistance Programs

• Basic elements include
• Covered programs identified
• Supervisors trained for referrals
• Employees trained to use system
• Costs and benefits evaluated

A referral service for professional treatment of
specific kinds of problems