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HR Staffing | Voluntary and Involuntary employee separation

Employee separations are always anticipated and are of two types, voluntary and involuntary separations. The common reasons for involuntary separation are downsizing and termination.  Downsizing is a process of permanently reducing the number of employees to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the company. A downsizing can be a result of merger or acquisition, revenue or market loss, technological and industrial changes and inaccurate labor demand forecasting.

Introduction Involuntary employee separation

Employee Separation is one of the very important and crucial function / process of HR Department. This process, if not handled in an efficient manner, can lead to various legal complications.

• a worker who is hired to perform a job
• An individual who provides labor to a company or another person 
• An individual who provides services for compensation to an employer and whose duties are under the control of the employer. 

An employee works for an employer and gets paid for his work and nothing else. The relation of an employer and employee has a beginning; they stay together for a while and then they separate. Beginning of the relation is called as recruitment process or talent acquisition that passes through selection phase and followed by induction. Staying together in the relation comprises the various phases such has performance management; career management; professional growth; development and etc. And the final stage of the relation is the separation.

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