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Employee Termination Checkout Process

Introduction

Date of Last Review 5/3/07
SME:
Director of Personnel Systems Management

This topic explains the employee termination checkout process.

When to use

Use this process for any employee termination.

Responsibility

Departments managers use this checkout process.

Reason: To address diverse issues involved in the separation of employment.

Timing

All parties involved must act promptly to ensure that UTHCPC's auto-pay payroll system does not pay the employee beyond the termination date.

Checkout process

This table describes the beginning of the termination checkout process:

Stage

Description

1

Employee notifies his/her department manager of his/her intent to terminate employment in writing preferably 2-weeks prior to the date of the intended termination.

2

Supervisor initiates a Personnel Action form within 24-hours of notice.

3

Supervisor forwards the following information to the designated Personnel Systems Management (PSM) staff:

Completed Personnel Action form with required signatures

Copy of the resignation letter

4

Supervisor notes any equipment in the employee's possession.

5

Supervisor and employee meet to review current projects and documents in the employee's possession that the supervisor needs to reassign to other staff.

6

Supervisor reviews documents on employee's computer that s/he may need to reassign or copy to other staff.

7

Supervisor reminds employee that all files, documents, and computer files are state property and cannot be destroyed, removed, modified, or copied without direct supervisory approval.

8

Supervisor completes the Employee Checkout form.

9

Supervisor places the Employee Checkout form in the employee's UTHCPC personnel file.

Related standard

The Joint Commission Human Resources Standards

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