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Firing at Will : a Manager's Guide by Jay Sheperd; Jay Shepherd is a business book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Firing at Will : a Manager's Guide about?
Firing at Will shows managers and employers how to do the most difficult part of their jobs: firing employees. Written by a leading employment lawyer in a refreshingly unlawyerly style, this guide takes the reader through the always-risky process of letting an employee go. Many employers and managers are afraid to pull the trigger when the employment relationship has broken down, and will postpone the decision by using progressive discipline and performance-improvement plans. However, an employer must be able to unload employees who threaten to undermine the company and its prospects, regardless of the risks involved in a termination. This book explains how to do it, how not to do it, and how to minimize the danger of an expensive employee lawsuit. No one said being an employer or a manager was easy. Fortunately, knowing how to fire employees will make your job much, much easier in the long run and save you heartache. Firing at Will teaches you what you need to know, without any legalese or boring recitations of statutes and case law. This book is filled with plain-English common sense, based on Jay Shepherd's 17 years of protecting employers in court. The style is conversational a
Who reads Firing at Will : a Manager's Guide?
It is typically read by working professionals who need an authoritative practice reference.
Common subject areas: medicine, law, business, engineering.
- Author
- Jay Sheperd; Jay Shepherd
- Publisher
- [New York, NY]: Apress ; Dist. by Springer-Verlag New York
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781280392306
- Category
- business
- Subjects
- Science, Management, Law
- Rating
- 4.67 / 5 (3 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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