Employment Termination

Certain legal obligations and restrictions come into play when a company fires, lays off or otherwise ends the employer-employee relationship. Understanding a departing employee's COBRA insurance rights, when it's illegal to fire an employee, how to issue a final paycheck and other aspects of employment termination can help you avoid legal and regulatory exposure. This section provides legal primers, tips and resources about ending the employer-employee relationship.

General Information:

Firing Employees FAQs - Answers to frequently asked questions about firing employees.
Firing Employees with with Employment Contracts - Overview of firing employees with respect to contract law.
Things to Consider When Firing Employees - What to consider before you fire an employee.
When Workers Leave FAQs - Answers to common questions about departing employees.
Employee Layoffs - How to lay off employees without exposing your business to lawsuits.
When Can I Withhold Money From a Former Employee? - The legality of deducting from a former employee's final paycheck.
Giving References for Former Employees - Giving references for former employees without getting sued.
Tools and Resources - Resources pertaining to termination, including severance agreements and examples of noncompete agreements.

Wrongful Termination Claims:

Illegal Reasons for Firing Employees - Overview of actions that may trigger a wrongful termination claim.

Severance Pay & COBRA

Should You Offer Severance Pay? - How to determine whether to offer severance pay and when it's required.
COBRA Benefits and Health Insurance Coverage - Overview of COBRA health coverage.
COBRA Insurance Rights - Eligibility, coverage, premiums and other aspects of COBRA health insurance rights.

Non-Competition Agreements:

Noncompete Agreements: Making Them Enforceable - How to create an enforceable agreement to protect trade secrets.
Non-Competition Agreements and the Law - How employment law treats noncompete agreements.
Wrongful Discharge: Ten Things to Think About - What it means to be wrongfully terminated -- a primer for employers.

Help Me Find a Qualified employment law -- employer Attorney

Employment Termination

General Information:

Wrongful Termination Claims:

Severance Pay & COBRA

Non-Competition Agreements:

Employment Law