Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B Lecture Notes - Severance Package, Disability Insurance, Malice Aforethought

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B
• Professor: Philip King

Document Summary

Incompetence lack of ability, knowledge, or qualification to perform employment obligations: substandard level of performance must be evident after employee has been given a warning and an opportunity to improve, standards must be fair and reasonable. Employee had been warned about conduct and the consequences of failure to improve. Risks in just cause dismissals: the employee is more likely to bring a suit against the employer when dismissed, an employer should carefully consider all of the potential costs of dismissing for cause and consider a termination settlement. Reasonable notice periods: the primary factors to be considered when determining how much notice an employer should give employees are, character of employment refers whether the employee was at a high-status position in the organization. Developments of notice: other factors that tend to lengthen notice are, a high degree of specialization, inducement to join an organization, company policy, custom and industry practice, personal characteristics, economic climate.