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that the tasks assigned to the employee have been handed over or completed
properly. The other track involves the employee and the HR department dedicated
for the separation process, who handle the employee benefits, such as provident
fund (PF), gratuity (if applicable), etc.
The separation process requires the HR manager at every step and in
the final exit interview. The final exit interview is conducted to assess the
reasons as to why the employee is leaving the company. It also takes the
views of the employee on work and in general. The employee is also asked
to give the ‘de-motivating factors’, if any, that might have been the reason
for him/her to leave.
It recent years, the service sector is witnessing high levels of attrition. As a
result, it has become essential for organizations to have a structured process of
separation for systematic exits of employees. Organizations should ensure that
this process is dealt with in a professional and mature manner, especially without
any bias.
Dismissal
Dismissal is the process of separating a worker where the employer asks the
employee to leave, generally for the fault of the employee. The term is used in the
colloquial sense as ‘getting fired’ in America and ‘getting sacked’ in Britain.
Lay-off
Lay-off means the inability or refusal of a company to provide job to an employee
on the grounds of shortage of coal, power, or raw materials, or the breakdown of
machinery. A laid-off employee is not retrenched. In a lay-off, the name of the
employee must be in the muster rolls on the date they have been laid off.
Retrenchment
Retrenchment means the termination of service of an employee for any reason;
but it certainly isn’t a punishment imposed as a disciplinary action. The job can be
either terminated due to economy, installation of labour-saving machinery or other
any such industrial or trade reasons. Usually, the employee is given a month’s
notice in writing or is offered payment in place of such notice.
Termination
Termination of job can be two types: 1. Voluntary termination, 2. Involuntary
termination. Also termed as the ‘pink slip’, job termination happens at the hand of
the employer. The terminations that occur due to a mutual agreement between the
company and the worker are termed as involuntary terminations. The end of an
employment contract for a particular period of time is one such example. There
are also age-related job terminations, where the employee leaves the company as
he reaches the pre-determined age of retirement.
