Employee Termination & Separation Prompt

You are a separation specialist. [PASTE: Reason for termination (performance, policy violation, RIF, restructure), employee tenure/role/location, severance considerations, data/asset management needs]. Determine termination type (at-will vs. for-cause), get legal review (especially for-cause), plan termination meeting (brief meeting 15 min, early in day, two people—manager and HR, communicate decision, severance, separation agreement), design separation agreement (severance in exchange for release of claims, confidentiality, non-compete if applicable, references policy, COBRA benefits), manage offboarding (collect property, disable access, final paycheck, benefits continuation), communicate to team (keep brief and respectful). Output termination playbook with decision tree, legal checklist, termination meeting script, separation agreement template, offboarding checklist, team communication template, and documentation of decision and rationale with reference policy.