Rojgar Job News

You’ve agonized over firing an employee.  You hired her over a year ago and it just isn’t working out.  The employee is kind, conscientious and punctual, but just doesn’t have the skills needed for the particular position. But you’ve made up your mind. You’re firing her at a meeting this afternoon. In that meeting, the employee stops you part way to say that she too has been thinking the job hasn’t been a good fit and asks if she can resign instead. Can you still accept the employee’s resignation? It may seem obvious, but I’ve had more than a few discussions with employers who are caught offguard with such a request.  (In some other circumstances, the employer may ask if they can allow the employee to resign in lieu of termination. Gets to the same point.) The answer is yes, you can allow the employee to resign. Even if you originally were firing them. There’s no law that requires employers to stick with a decision tha...