Employees got in a fight. I do nothing...right?

ucsd_ucla_dad
Fri, 08 Apr 2011 13:56:08 +0000

Even the OP doesn’t have enough information (at least not that’s been posted) to decide if the one who started the physical fight was #1 or #2 so no one can say whether #1 or #2 or both should be fired. Certainly at least one of them should be since there was clearly physical violence.

The OP needs to conduct an investigation, which might be as simple as reading the police report and having a short discussion with both parties, to determine what course of action to take.

I wouldn’t just out of hand fire both employees since it could be, and likely is, completely unfair to one of them.

It wouldn’t be a bad idea to discuss this with a lawyer since there may be issues that arise down the road as a result of it (wrongful termination suits, worker’s comp issues, pain and suffering lawsuits, etc.).