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Termination Poor Job Performance

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Law firm faces trial on HR manager’s pregnancy claims

A handy guide on what not to do. A federal judge in Florida has ruled that a former Human Resources manager for a law firm will get a jury trial on her claims related to her termination right before she was due to return...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Terminating Poor Performers During or After FMLA or ADA Leave: Key Considerations

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Performance management is one of the most important–and difficult–issues that employers face in supervising their workforce. Dealing with performance problems becomes even harder when an underperforming employee requests or...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Termination a Few Days After Return From FMLA Leave Did Not Violate Employee's Rights

Here’s one of the most common scenarios our employment lawyers face: An employee with marginal to poor performance goes out of work on FMLA leave (often prompted by stress or anxiety relating to review of their performance)....more

Fisher Phillips

7 Steps To Sever Ties With An Employed Physician

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It is always unpleasant for a healthcare entity or medical practice to have to sever ties with an employed physician, but it is sometimes necessary. Perhaps the physician has committed serious policy violations or lost an...more

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Termination of employment due to poor performance – a brief legal comparison

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Bryan Cave's Scandinavian Desk advises numerous Scandinavian clients in Germany. This article highlights the similarities and differences between German and Swedish law regarding the termination of employment due to poor...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Top 10 Issues for Employers, Issue #10: Terminating an Employee for Poor Performance

This is the 10th and final instalment in our Top 10 Issues for Employers series. This instalment addresses terminating an employee for poor performance. OVERVIEW - Under Canadian law, employers may unilaterally and...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

In The Eleventh Circut, Employers Can Terminate “Protected” Employees For Poor Performance And Violation Of Company Policy

On December 4, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld summary judgment in favor of an employer against a pregnant employee who had requested FMLA, who was told by her direct supervisor “that [her]...more

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

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From the beginning, the employee had attendance and punctuality problems, and the problems didn’t improve even when the employer adjusted her schedule. After she was diagnosed with MS, the company approved intermittent FMLA...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Age Discrimination Claim Survives Dismissal Where Questions Existed Regarding Adequacy Of Job Performance And Employee Presented...

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Reversing a trial court’s decision in favor of the employer, a California Court of Appeals in Cheal v. El Camino Hospital held that a former employee may present her age discrimination claim to a jury because there were...more

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