- 09-06-2012, 01:12 PM #9Registered User
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A few points about the quoted bit. I think your warning should be about doing things by the book, rather than not being "too nice". You can be nice and accommodating if you choose and still protect yourself by following the correct procedures if you terminate a helper. For example, you can give a helper one month's written notice of termination, for cause (generally the explanation given is that performance is/ remains poor after attempts to correct), and let them stay in your home to look for another job or whatever for that time.
It actually seems that you made a few mistakes in the termination procedure, likely because you didn't know what the law required. Also, your former helper doesn't have any obligation to speak with the agency (and likely has been advised not to as there is a current labour dispute).
Additionally, regarding the training of your new helper, there are a host of reasons why this often does not work out - sometimes the new helper doesn't want to listen to the outgoing employee as they view them as not an authority figure, sometimes there are communication issues, sometimes the outgoing helper simply doesn't know how to or is not comfortable training another person/ her replacement and in some cases I am sure the outgoing helper just does not want to do it. Unless employer and employee are departing on excellent terms (except perhaps in the case of certain professionals who have obligations arising from contract, law or membership in a professional body), rarely would any institution or employer trust a former or terminated employee to train a replacement, particularly at lower levels.Last edited by elle; 09-06-2012 at 01:15 PM.
- 09-06-2012, 01:56 PM #10
if you fired an employee for not doing a good job, then why would you want that same employee to train your next one?
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