This program will provide step by step methods to navigate the termination of employees including strategies to mitigate the risks of being implicated in a lawsuit and increasing the chances for a successful defense. 

Employers frequently balance competing interests and their attendant risks on a daily basis.  The need to terminate underperforming employees is a necessary component of any successful business.  In today's litigious culture, the risks of a post-separation lawsuit are all too real.   This program will provide step by step methods to mitigate the risk of being implicated in a lawsuit and increasing the chances for a successful defense.  This listener will learn:

1.  Permissible Grounds for Terminations

2.  Areas of Risk for Lawsuits Resulting from Terminations

3.  Dos and Don'ts of Successful Employee Separations 

We will provide real world examples of successful and failed terminations.

Karen Smith, a shareholder in the Houston office, has over 20 years of experience in employment law practice and general business litigation. Her employment law practice includes EEOC charge and claim investigations, defending against charges of state and federal discrimination violations, benefit-related matters, wage and hour disputes, and non-compete, non-solicitation and separation agreements.  She has successfully consulted clients through employee separations and tried cases for both the company and the terminated employee.

Adam Green, a shareholder in the Houston office, leads the Firm's Water Technology & Water Treatment Group.  In addition to handling disputes relating to water handling systems and water borne pathogens, he also routinely advises chemical water treaters in all phases of business transactions.  He has prepared, negotiated and litigated disputes between employer and employee including those involving chemical water treaters.

The need to terminate underperforming employees is an unfortunate reality for many water treatment companies.  In today's litigious culture, the risks of a post-separation lawsuit are all too real.   This program will provide step by step methods to mitigate the risk of being implicated in a lawsuit and increasing the chances for a successful defense. This listener will learn:

1.  Permissible Grounds for Terminations

2.  Areas of Risk for Lawsuits Resulting from Terminations

3.  Dos and Don'ts of Successful Employee Separations 

We will provide real world examples of successful and failed terminations.

Karen Smith, a shareholder in the Houston office, has over 20 years of experience in employment law practice and general business litigation. Her employment law practice includes EEOC charge and claim investigations, defending against charges of state and federal discrimination violations, benefit-related matters, wage and hour disputes, and non-compete, non-solicitation and separation agreements.  She has successfully consulted clients through employee separations and tried cases for both the company and the terminated employee.

Adam Green, a shareholder in the Houston office, leads the Firm's Water Technology & Water Treatment Group.  In addition to handling disputes relating to water handling systems and water borne pathogens, he also routinely advises chemical water treaters in all phases of business transactions.  He has prepared, negotiated and litigated disputes between employer and employee including those involving chemical water treaters.