Firing Employees & Employee Resignations

There are certain reasons that you can never use to fire an employee.

Termination meetings are difficult, but here's how employers can handle them fairly and legally.

Employment contracts can limit your ability to fire employees.

Sometimes it makes sense to hire an attorney to handle employment disputes.

Employers can avoid expensive lawsuits by identifying risky terminations and knowing when to contact a lawyer.

Letting workers go⁠—whether you're laying off a single worker or conducting a large layoff⁠—is one of the toughest tasks managers face. And because of the emotional stakes involved, it's also one of the tasks most likely to land a company in legal trouble.

Essential steps to take after an employee quits or is fired.

Learn your state's law on when you have to provide a departing employee with the final paycheck.

You may want to consider paying severance, even if it isn't legally required.

Learn what to tell prospective employers about a former employee.

When employers can contest a former employee's claim for unemployment benefits and when they can't.

Find out if it's legal for an employer to lay off its most senior employees first.