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Terminating without giving a specific reason? Document rationale for the record, regardless

04/06/2011

Many employers don’t like to provide specific reasons for firing someone. Instead, they simply tell the employee that he is being terminated from his at-will employment. Don’t take that as an excuse not to document the reason you are terminating the employee.

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