Employee Separations
- Employee separation is a touchy matter for any business. People usually leave their jobs after working there for a few years. So, letting employees leave an organisation permanently needs care, understanding, and a lot of planning. An employee can be separated if they quit, are fired, die, become permanently unable to do their job, or retire. The worker may also be let go because their contract is up or because the company is cutting back on staff. Companies should not bother their workers, especially when they are leaving, just because they are leaving the company. In fact, an employee who is leaving should be seen as both a possible future employee and a spokesperson for the company’s HR policies and procedures. However, a lot of companies still see their workers as “expendable resources” and let them go whenever they want. Every company needs to have thorough policies and procedures for firing employees so that everyone is treated fairly and the transition goes smoothly for everyone. In addition, each employee can give the company a lot of useful information when they leave. The HR department can talk to employees who are leaving about different aspects of the company, such as how effective its HR policies are, through exit interviews.
- Reasons why employees are being let go
- Getting rid of an employee is the last step in an organization’s hiring process.
- For any reason that the employee thinks is appropriate, he or she can leave the company. However, separation can be broken down into two main types. There are two types of separation: voluntary and involuntary. When employees are let go on their own, this is called “voluntary separation.” On the other hand, when employees are let go for reasons that are outside of their control, this is called “involuntary separation.” We will now talk in more depth about the reasons for these separations.
- Separation on your own
- There are two types of reasons an employee might want to quit their job voluntarily: professional reasons and personal reasons. The process usually starts when the employee makes the request. We will now talk about these reasons in more depth.
- For business reasons
- Employees can ask to be let go if they want to find better jobs, more responsibility, or higher status somewhere else. Effective employees would always be looking for ways to learn new things and improve their skills by working in different roles and for different companies. They may want to leave the organisation in order to take on more responsibility, gain more power, and raise their status.
- For personal reasons
- Moving for family reasons, like an employee’s wedding or a family member’s health crisis, is a big personal reason for voluntarily separating from their partner. So are maternity leave and childrearing. For example, when women who work get married, they often choose to live near where their partner works. In the same way, an employee may ask to be let go on their own to care for a parent or child.
- Separation without choice
- We already talked about how an involuntary separation is caused by things that the employees can’t change. But these factors can be roughly put into three groups: health problems, behaviour problems, and organisational problems. We will now talk about these factors in more depth.
- Having health issues
- If employees have serious health problems that make them unable to do their jobs, they may not be able to stay in their jobs. For example, accidents that leave workers permanently disabled or sick with brain strokes or other terminal illnesses can force them to leave their jobs. The death of an employee is another reason why they are forced to leave their job.
- Problems with behaviour
- An employee’s bad behaviour at work could also get him fired if he doesn’t change his ways. In cases where an employee’s actions are unethical or break the company’s code of conduct, the company may take disciplinary action, which could lead to his firing. This could be an act of separation against their will. If an employee consistently fails to meet his performance goals, he may also be fired without his choice.
- Problems with organisations
- Problems with the organisation are another big reason why employees are fired against their will. When an organization’s finances aren’t doing well, it may have to let go of some employees as a cost-cutting measure. These kinds of endings are also called “involuntary separation.” In the same way, automation, organisational restructuring, and rationalisation can also lead to firing, letting go, or laying off employees. This is generally known as “involuntary separation.”