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It's fuzzy. If someone in a heated dispute says, "I resign, effective some time in the next month", what do you do? Keep them on until you agree in a date? Even
by alisonkisk 6y ago
It's fuzzy. If someone in a heated dispute says, "I resign, effective some time in the next month", what do you do? Keep them on until you agree in a date? Even if they give a date like "Dec 31", do you let them keep all their access to sensitive company data, or you lock them out for security's sake and settle the legal and payroll paperwork separately?
- iainmerrick 6y agoEasy -- if the contract has a notice period, they go on “gardening leave”. It’s common for this to be specifically covered in contracts. If there’s no notice period (legal only in “at will” states, I believe) then it would seem reasonable to fire them immediately.
- dragonwriter 6y agoAll states are at-will states but not all employment in an at-will state is at-will (at-will states allow and make default at-will terms, but specific employment contracts may still set other terms.)