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Home > Personnel Policies > Hiring, Firing, and Layoffs > Terminating an Employee: Paying for a Termination Meeting

Terry Wills / September 11, 2011

Terminating an Employee: Paying for a Termination Meeting

When  terminating an employee or effectuating, a separation many businesses choose to do so during a “termination meeting.” While the best practice is to conduct such a meeting at the end of an employee’s work day or work week, an employee on a leave of absence or unexcused absence may need to be called in for the termination conference. The question then becomes how must an employee be compensated for the termination meeting?

In this circumstance, if the employee is not exempt from overtime and not otherwise scheduled to work on the day of the meeting, he/she need only be compensated for show-up time – two hours of reporting time pay. If the meeting lasts longer than two hours, he/she must be paid for the time spent attending the meeting. Non-exempt employees must be paid for the full day of work if asked to show up for a termination meeting. Non-exempt employees who are scheduled to work but who are asked to leave or are otherwise not provided their full schedule of work must be compensated in accordance with the reporting time pay provision of Section 5 of the IWC Wage Orders.

Filed Under: Hiring, Firing, and Layoffs

Terry Wills

Terry is an astute and persuasive litigator in defense of companies and management faced with wrongful discharge, discrimination, and sexual harassment lawsuits in state and federal courts and in arbitration. She is particularly known for her success with wage and hour issues, unfair competition and trade secret protections, employee benefits, employment contracts, drug testing, leaves of absence, disability, terminations, discipline, reductions in force, and severance arrangements, as well as mediation services to a multitude of businesses and public entities through civil alternative dispute resolution programs. Read More

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