AFP - The dollar held relatively steady against the euro and the pound Monday amid a lack of market-moving economic news, but traders said concerns about the US economy continued to weigh on the dollar.

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Reuters - Japan's prime minister said on Sunday that he does not see the deepening U.S. housing slump and credit crisis triggering a global recession.

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You must document all of this information in your employee separation letter. Writing a Separation Letter the Right Way. Tip 2 for Dimissing: Document Employee Remedial Action and Keep It Consistent. This creates detailed proof that all workforce know the workplace guidelines. o The employee is a family member. Your small business may need to layoff personnel for various reasons. The manual should state either case obviously. Show the jobholder the warnings leading up to the dismissals, attendance records or the investigatory report. They fear the employees will purposely slow down production or will find other employment before the layoff takes place.

This firm will come in and create a mirror image of the worker's hard-drive onto a DVD and certify this is the "original" form as used by the separated worker. This article offers several tips on handling bad employees. The lay off letter is not like any other document. To protect the business from wrongful layoff suits, schedule a witness to be present with the dismissal boss and the jobholder. So who should you reassign the difficult individual to? When the time comes to write letters of lay off, you might not be feeling compassionate toward the employee in question.