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Watergate · 21st December 2005, 02:16 PM

The real problem is when you get the former employee that sues over something like lost wages, and has an employment lawyer for a brother-in-law. That's when you get raked over the coals.

Also, a good employment lawyer will help you draft an employee manual that solves problems before they happen, not just to defend against the sadly inevitable lawsuit. One such problem would be to read this particular employment manual as guaranteeing the employee that in the event of layoffs, the most competent employees will be retained. Do you really want to layoff an employee and have them sue you saying that they were more competent than the employee (say, your spouse) that you retained? If you don't have such provisions at all, then you might avoid that lawsuit.

I don't mean to diminish the great work in putting all of this together. On the other hand, I think it is penny-wise and pound-foolish for anyone to adopt an employee manual without spending a few hundred dollars to run it by a competent employment lawyer. It is much cheaper to hire a lawyer for advice than for litigation. Much cheaper.

21st December 2005, 02:16 PM	#59 (permalink)
Watergate Veteran Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Chandler, Arizona Posts: 293	Don't worry about the feds, worry about ... The real problem is when you get the former employee that sues over something like lost wages, and has an employment lawyer for a brother-in-law. That's when you get raked over the coals. Also, a good employment lawyer will help you draft an employee manual that solves problems before they happen, not just to defend against the sadly inevitable lawsuit. One such problem would be to read this particular employment manual as guaranteeing the employee that in the event of layoffs, the most competent employees will be retained. Do you really want to layoff an employee and have them sue you saying that they were more competent than the employee (say, your spouse) that you retained? If you don't have such provisions at all, then you might avoid that lawsuit. I don't mean to diminish the great work in putting all of this together. On the other hand, I think it is penny-wise and pound-foolish for anyone to adopt an employee manual without spending a few hundred dollars to run it by a competent employment lawyer. It is much cheaper to hire a lawyer for advice than for litigation. Much cheaper.