Found this anti-advice on tacking leavers on probation month.

amazingcookie · 11 March 2012 at 3:17PM

"a) During the induction make sure you stress on the ethical values and make sure your employees understand that atleast 15 days notice has to be given by the employee during the probation period also make sure they understand the exit policy of your company.

b) You can issue a circular wherein the employees who dont adhere to the exit policy would be black listed in your company and as well a regulary updated list would be sent to your clients & vendors as well in the known domain market.

c) The third solution would be to have a regular briefing of the new joinees who are in probation period and appreciate their efforts. (this is more like a preemtive solution)

d) Try and involve the joinees in new projects wherein they get to learn stuff, some of the IT companies use this as a solution even though they dont pay as much to new people as their competitors.

More often than not such a situation arisis in companies where the employees are not paid as much by a comptetor or the current payscale, hence arrange to design a better increment and appraisal system wherein the employee is sure that after his probation he is going to be paid as good as any other firm would pay."

Point b made me laugh. Anyone here know an employer who attempted this? As leaving on probation month is legal, if the employer does this it's just asking the ex-employee to sue their company for a large lump of cash in my opinion.