Employee Separation– Employee Separation is one of the very important and crucial functions/processes of the HR Department. This process, if not handled in an efficient manner, can lead to various legal complications. Employment separation occurs when the employment contract or at-will agreement between an employee and his or her company comes to an end. Some terminations will be forced by an employer, including getting fired or laid off. Other separations, like retirement or resignation, will be voluntary. Organizations should never harass the employees, especially in the case of resignation, just because they are quitting the organization. In fact, a quitting employee of the organization must be seen as a potential candidate of the future for the organization and also the brand ambassador of its HR policies and practices. However, many organizations are still treating their employees as “expendable resources” and discharging them in an unplanned manner whenever they choose to do so.
An employee works for an employer and gets paid for his work and nothing else. The relation between an employer and employee has a beginning; they stay together for a while and then they separate. The beginning of the relationship is called a recruitment process or talent acquisition that passes through the selection phase and followed by induction. Staying together in the relation comprises the various phases such as performance management; career management; professional growth; development and etc. And the final stage of the relation is the separation.