resignation in lieu of term

Melanie

We have an employee that has an issue we probably will terminate him over. However, as a courtesy to the employee, we'd like to offer him to resign rather than be terminated. Is there a best approach to telling them this information?

Susan in La

I usually sit down with the person and in general terms tell them what the issue is and the probable outcome. I give them the pros and cons of termination vs voluntary resignation such as negative reference or neutral reference. If the person opts to resign, I have the paperwork ready and get it then. If they don't want to resign I proceed with the disciplinary action process. I do pretty well with getting them to resign when they look at their options.

Dutch2

Don't know about your state, but if they resign vs. being fired this could have an impact on their abiltiy to recieve unemployement benefits.