{"id":1257,"date":"2009-07-08T23:13:47","date_gmt":"2009-07-09T03:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/?p=1257"},"modified":"2009-07-08T23:13:47","modified_gmt":"2009-07-09T03:13:47","slug":"tip-of-the-week-lay-off-using-layoffs-to-manage-poor-performing-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/2009\/07\/tip-of-the-week-lay-off-using-layoffs-to-manage-poor-performing-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Tip of the Week: Lay Off Using Layoffs to Manage Poor Performing Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">Many employers are tempted to use layoffs as a method for avoiding problem employees. By failing to follow proper procedures for disciplining and terminating problem employees, however, employers may create more problems in the long-run. Employers should remember these three important guidelines when planning layoffs:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">Eliminate the Position<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">Select the Least Fit<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">Don\u2019t Fill the Position<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 14.25pt; text-align: left;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">To learn more be sure to read this month\u2019s featured article by the HR pros at <a href=\"http:\/\/visionpayroll.myhrsupportcenter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: blue; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;\">MyHRSupportCenter<\/span><\/a>, <\/span><em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">Lay Off Using Layoffs to Manage Poor Performing Employees<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">. If you\u2019re not yet signed up or would like a free trial of <a href=\"http:\/\/visionpayroll.myhrsupportcenter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: blue; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;\">MyHRSupportCenter<\/span><\/a>, contact <a href=\"mailto:info@visionpayroll.com\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: blue; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;\">Vision Payroll<\/span><\/a> today.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many employers are tempted to use layoffs as a method for avoiding problem employees. By failing to follow proper procedures for disciplining and terminating problem employees, however, employers may create more problems in the long-run. Employers should remember these three important guidelines when planning layoffs: Eliminate the Position Select the Least Fit Don\u2019t Fill the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[53,28],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1257"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1257"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1510,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1257\/revisions\/1510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}