Employee Separation & Retention Management

							Employee Separation
   & Retention
   Management
Employee Turnover
Types of Turnover
    Voluntary



Employee Initiated
    Involuntary




Organization Initiated
    Involuntary




Organization Initiated
     Involuntary - Discharge
 discipline
 poor performance
     Involuntary - Downsizing
 permanent layoff
 temporary layoff
 site or plant closing, relocation
 redundancy due to a merger or acquisition
Managing Involuntary
     Turnover
                       Tools
 Employment at Will
 Justice
    – Outcome fairness
    – Procedural justice
    – Interactional justice
 Progressive Discipline
 Alternative Dispute Resolution
 Employee Assistance Program
 Outplacement Counseling
      Principles of Justice
 Outcome fairness
   – the judgement that people make with
     respect to the outcomes received
     relative to the outcomes received by
     other people
 Procedural justice
   – methods used to determine the
     outcomes received
 Interactional justice
   – interpersonal nature of how the
     outcomes were implemented
 Progressive Discipline


•Unofficial verbal warning
•Official written warning
•Second official warning, with threat of
temporary suspension
•Temporary suspension
•Termination
     Stages in Alternative
      Dispute Resolution




Open door
  policy
     Stages in Alternative
      Dispute Resolution




             Peer

Open door   Review
  policy
     Stages in Alternative
      Dispute Resolution



                     Mediation


             Peer

Open door   Review
  policy
     Stages in Alternative
      Dispute Resolution

                                 Arbitration




                     Mediation


             Peer

Open Door   Review
  Policy
      Employee Assistance
           Programs
Basic elements include:
  A referral service for professional treatment
          of specific kinds of problems
Covered programs identified

Supervisors trained for referrals

Employees trained to use system

Costs and benefits evaluated