There are plenty of laws and internal company regulations that govern how the firing of employees should be conducted. COBRA benefits, unemployment and other services are available for such workers should they find their employment terminated. However, such situations only apply to workers who have been with a company for some time. Short-term firings are a completely different story.
Employers will be glad to know that there is a fair amount of leniency when it comes to terminating a worker after only one week. After all, the hiring process can be a harrowing experience, fraught with tension over the prospect of committing too much money and too many resources to a worker who ultimately won't work out.
Fortunately, a staff member who has only been hired for a week can have his pay docked for the rest of the week. This makes it easier to rethink personnel who have proven themselves to be unworthy of employment. However, it is nonetheless important to avoid establishing such guidelines without first conferring with an employee benefit consultant. Only these professionals can help to prepare an HR department for this kind of eventuality.
