Top Five For Small Business — “Top Five Ways to Minimize Risk when Disciplining or Terminating an Employee

The Partnership is proud to present a new series focused on issues small businesses face daily. This Top Five series will feature experts in human resources, marketing, accounting, IT and others. They will introduce five things on certain topic that will help you be successful in your small business.

Employers often must spend valuable time managing employee discipline and discharge decisions. We will discuss best practices for creating processes that save time, setting expectations and reducing entity risk.
Elizabeth A. Coonan is a member of BrownWinick and serves as Chair of BrownWinick's Employment Law practice group. Elizabeth represents clients in the areas of employment, workers' compensation and business immigration law. She assists employers with policy development and enforcement, non-competes and other restrictive covenants, business visas and compliance with immigration laws, litigation and workers' compensation strategy and provides trainings on drug testing, harassment and FMLA issues.