Moving People On
Hiring the wrong person is not only a disruption to your business, but it is also expensive. Some studies estimate that it can cost businesses between 30% and 200% of a person's annual salary.
By implementing the strategies suggested in this module you should reduce the need to dismiss staff. The following tips should also help to avoid the situation:
- Be vigilant in your recruitment and selection processes to ensure you attract the right people;
- Make initial appointments conditional upon satisfactory completion of a probationary period (usually three months);
- Ensure that all staff members know what is expected of them (provide written job descriptions, with key performance measures);
- Establish regular ‘checkpoints’, which enables you to ensure that they understand the requirements and allows you to constructively tell them where they are going wrong;
- Allocate the necessary supervision time, guidance and training to enable them to reach the expected standard.
However, despite our best endeavour in recruiting and retaining staff, there are times when it is in the best interests of employer and employee to part company.
If handled sensitively and professionally this situation need not be as traumatic as it may seem. If not handled correctly, not only could it be expensive in legal costs, but it could result in an ex-employee denigrating your business within your local community and throughout the wider industry.
Learn more about Australia’s new workplace laws introduced on July 1st, 2009