Mandy has a long history in government where she spent 15 years in the Brisbane City Council and Qld Urban Utilities. Since leaving the public sector Mandy has been consulting in human resource management and industrial relations to small and medium business for the past 4 years.
Working with small to medium clients has broadened Mandy's experience where she now has a good balanced perspective in professional consulting.
Mandy holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Masters in Employment Relations both from Griffith University. Mandy has practical working knowledge of the Fair Work Act and State Industrial legislation and can keep businesses compliant with the ever changing workplace laws.
Mandy has spoken at industry conferences giving practical advice on effective people management practices in particular effective performance management systems.
Terminating an employee is not pleasant however don’t be hesitant in effecting termination in certain circumstances as leaving it can be more detrimental to your business.
There are generally 2 types of employer initiated separations:
Below is a checklist to assist you with the process:
If you are a small business, under 15 employees (headcount), follow the Small Business Fair Dismissal Code when terminating an employee as it will give you a much better position if you need to defend an unfair dismissal claim, see link below:
http://www.fairwork.gov.au/termination/small-business-fair-dismissal-code/pages/default.aspx
Are you worried about having to terminate a staff member and what issues around the process are you trying to grapple with? Just comment below and I will come back to you some helpful ideas and information.