School business administrators and other education leaders do not have the luxury of simply uttering words like "You're fired!" to employees whom they believe should no longer work for the district--especially in states with tenure and collective-bargaining agreements. Rather, administrators must follow appropriate personnel procedures…

The fiscal year that begins on July 1 for most colleges is expected to bring a wave of layoffs, as institutions grapple with declining state contributions, a falloff in donations, and other budget pressures. Eliminating jobs can create a number of legal pitfalls, including potential lawsuits for breach of contract or discrimination. If handled…

Organizational policies regarding termination of volunteers should specify careful screening, consideration of all alternatives (resupervise, reassign, retrain, revitalize, refer, retire), and documentation. When termination is necessary, it should involve the volunteer administrator, supervisor, and an ombudsperson; counseling and confidentiality…

Points out that few firms in Britain have alcohol recovery policies and that management will have little incentive to introduce such policies as long as it is relatively easy to dismiss employees for alcohol-related offenses. (JOW)

A management simulation is used to assess the effects of flexible retirement policies on personnel decisions for employees nearing retirement age. Flexible options significantly reduce termination rates for older workers who would otherwise be viewed as unemployable. (SK)

Outlines the advantages of outplacement of redundant personnel both for the company and for the person terminated. Argues that companies should use outside consultants to run their outplacement programs. (IRT)

Recognizing that termination is viewed by the employee as the equivalent to capital punishment of a career, an administrative contract can reduce the emotional and financial entanglements that often result. Administrative contracts are described. (MLW)

The causes for executive dismissal are discussed, including the special problems involved in the development of effective administration in the educational field. The importance of ethics and honesty in professional organizations is emphasized. (MD)

This document presents the standards for social work personnel practices established by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW). A discussion of general principles notes that the standards presented in this document are based on the principles that effective social service depends on qualified staff and that staff members can give their…

To examine some of the psychological issues inherent in the employee termination process and the role of the psychologist in addressing these issues, five-question surveys were completed by approximately 60 human resources administrators in business organizations and interviews were conducted with approximately 10 human resource managers. The…

This report considers the differences among displacement, outplacement, and inplacement and looks at the risks, benefits, and costs of each. Displacement is defined as the termination of employment with little attention given to corporate or individual needs. Outplacement is defined as the pre-planned management of employee termination, addressing…

The most common grounds for dismissing tenured faculty have been incompetence, immorality, neglect of duty, and insubordination. Judicial evaluations of substantive grounds for dismissing tenured postsecondary faculty for cause are discussed. (MLW)

Lists the essential criteria for justifiable dismissals of employees, the sources of evidence to support dismissals and the minimum standards for such evidence, the points by which to judge employees, and the questions certain to be asked by an arbitrator or judge. (JW)

Provides guidelines for library administrators for the dismissal of employees, including: the importance of evaluation in hiring, clear personnel policies; routine performance appraisal, provisions for improvement, documentation, planning the dismissal and termination conference, legal ramifications, severance pay, and counseling. (JKP)

Two schools in Maryland received ARRA SIG (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act School Improvement Grants) funds to enable them to implement their turnaround efforts. This paper describes the outcomes of these two ARRA SIG recipient schools: (1) G. James Gholson Middle School; and (2) Commodore John Rodgers Elementary School. The experiences of…