References for Former Employees

New and Updated

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  Employment Law Manual

  Process of Termination: Arkansas

  Updated to reflect termination protections in the exemption for employees from vaccine mandates related to COVID-19, effective October 13, 2021.

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  Policies and Documents

  Employment Verification Letter

  This letter may be used to respond to a request to verify current or past employment.

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  Supervisor Training

  Employee Termination - Supervisor Briefing

  This briefing for supervisors provides a protocol and best practices for employee termination, from the disciplinary process through to the post-termination period.

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  Policies and Documents

  Severance Agreement Form

  An employer may use this form to build or reach a severance or termination agreement with an outgoing employee when the employer is either contractually bound to provide severance or it determines that providing severance is in its best interests. Common scenarios in which employers elect to provide severance are when they desire a (mostly) clean break with an outgoing employee, they desire to maintain good relations with the outgoing employee or when the employer desires some protection from the outgoing employee against risks associated with litigation, competition or security.

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  How To

  How to Prepare a Severance or Termination Agreement

  A severance or termination agreement is a very effective tool for an employer to use to make a mostly clean break with outgoing employees. However, there are important restrictions on the type of consideration employers can ask for as part of severance or termination agreements. This How to will help employers walk through the process of negotiating and drafting such an agreement and can be useful in protecting the company and ensuring the agreement is enforceable in a court of law.

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  FAQs

  May an employer create a "black list" of individuals that it will refuse to hire?

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  FAQs

  May an employer be sued due to the contents of a post-termination reference?

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  FAQs

  May an employer be sued for refusing to provide a post-termination reference?

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  Legal Timetable

  Connecticut Personnel Files Act Amendment