职场点睛:我能解雇女职员吗商务英语考试
文章作者 100test 发表时间 2009:04:10 01:06:10
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THE PROBLEM 问题
I head a small financial services company. We do not employ many women and would like to employ more. However, one of our female analysts is poor at her job and unpopular. If I fire her, I m concerned she is the type to sue on discrimination grounds - even though she doesn t have a case. Also, firing her might make it look as if this is a bad place for women to work. Any ideas?
Chairman, male, 58
我掌管着一家小型金融服务公司。我们公司的女性员工并不多,也愿意雇用更多女职员。然而,我们有一位女性分析师,工作表现很差,又不招人喜欢。如果我解雇她,我担心她会以性别歧视为由提出诉讼--虽然根本没有这回事。同时,如果把她解雇,可能会使我们公司看起来很不适合女性工作。您有何高见?
董事长,男性,58岁
THE ANSWER 回答
This woman is both feeble and unpleasant. If she were just the first, then you might consider keeping her. All but the smallest companies can tolerate a dog or two. But as she is also unpopular, there is nothing for it: she must go.
这个女人工作又差,又令人讨厌。如果她只占第一条,那你或许可以考虑留着她。除了最小的公司以外,几乎所有公司都能容忍一两个没用的人。但是,如果她同时还令人讨厌,那就没有什么好说的了:她必须走。
However, you are right to be worried about the vindictive legal action she could take, and also right that her sex makes a big difference. If she were a man, you would simply risk being sued for unfair dismissal - and those cases do not make the headlines and the payouts they command are small.
不过,你是对的,她的确可能采取报复性法律手段,而她的性别问题也的确关系重大。如果她是一个男人,你顶多会遭遇"不公平解雇"的指控--这种案子不会成为重大新闻,而且他们索要的补偿也很少。
In any event, protecting yourself against such a case is relatively easy. You can t fire anyone out of the blue for poor performance but, as long as you issue warnings and give the person a chance to get better, you can fire them after a few months when they don t.
无论如何,防止自己摊上这种官司相对比较容易。你不能因为某位员工表现差劲就突然宣布解雇,但是,只要你提出了警告,给这位员工一个改进的机会,如果几个月之后还没有改进,你就可以解雇了。