Bush: Will sign economic stimulus bill next week (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush said on Friday he would sign a $152 billion economic stimulus package into law next week.

Motorola, Nortel in talks to combine units: paper (Reuters)

Reuters - Motorola Inc and Nortel Networks Corp are in talks to combine their wireless infrastructure units, The Wall Street Journal reported, quoting people familiar with the situation.

Therefore, you don't need worry too much about a defamation suit when you inform the truth about the jobholder's productivity. Your safest policy is to only confirm the worker worked for the company and the dates of employment. The probationary period gives a manager leeway in separating a jobholder soon after hiring if he or she cannot perform the job. Often, problem employees realize that you are starting to build a case against them and they know that they will soon be on the chopping block if their productivity doesn't upgrade. With the layoff, you must have a well detailed case for cutting the jobholder's job. With a low risk layoff, the jobholder is unlikely to sue and you have evidence justifying the firing for a legitimate reason. While terminating a jobholder is difficult, some workers go out of their way to make it as tough as possible. This is a decision you are holding fast to, and any misunderstanding of that fact will surely not be to your advantage. Then you must obviously state these rules to all workforce. When owning a company, you often have to deal with multiple problems, including handling bad employees. Therefore, a small business owner or human resource person should keep the lay off private and away from the eye of the workplace. These forms show the termination is unbiased and not "spur of the moment." You may "dismiss" a worker owing to her or his behavior or work productivity.

Within this section, you should state that this final incident has left you with no other choice than to dismiss this jobholder. Overall employee warning forms are an important tool in the disciplining personnel. the same way you would fire a 63-year-old female who's often absent for medical treatments.