termination-review

Name: termination-review
Author: anthropics

Termination review — high-risk flag detection, severance + release, and final pay timing by jurisdiction. Jurisdiction-specific rules and release consideration periods are researched per review, not stored. Use when the user says "reviewing a termination", "can we fire this person", "term review", or describes a termination scenario.

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Updated

2026-10-17

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// install

Copy the install command and let the AI configure it · recommended for beginners

Please install the "termination-review" skill from askskill:
1. Download https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/main/employment-legal/skills/termination-review/SKILL.md
2. Save it as ~/.claude/skills/termination-review/SKILL.md
3. Reload skills and tell me it's ready

// download

Download SKILL.mdInstall manifest ↗

// docs

/termination-review

Load ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/employment-legal/CLAUDE.md → termination review triggers, high-risk flags, severance practice, jurisdiction rules.
Use the workflow below.
Walk the checklist. Check every high-risk flag.
Final pay timing per employee's jurisdiction. Severance + release if applicable.
If any high-risk flag fires: escalate per table, don't proceed without sign-off.

Matter context

Matter context. Check ## Matter workspaces in the practice-level CLAUDE.md. If Enabled is ✗ (the default for in-house users), skip the rest of this paragraph — skills use practice-level context and the matter machinery is invisible. If enabled and there is no active matter, ask: "Which matter is this for? Run /employment-legal:matter-workspace switch <slug> or say practice-level." Load the active matter's matter.md for matter-specific context and overrides. Write outputs to the matter folder at ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/employment-legal/matters/<matter-slug>/. Never read another matter's files unless Cross-matter context is on.

Purpose

Most terminations are fine. A few are lawsuits waiting to happen. This skill runs the checklist that catches the second kind before the decision is final. The skill does not state the law — every jurisdiction-specific rule and release-period requirement is researched and cited at the time of review.

Load context

~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/employment-legal/CLAUDE.md → termination review triggers, high-risk flags, standard severance, jurisdiction table.

Output header

Prepend the work-product header from ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/employment-legal/CLAUDE.md → ## Outputs (it differs by user role — see ## Who's using this). Match the memo format from seed term memos referenced in that config where one exists. The work-product header is always first.

Workflow

Step 1: The basic facts

Employee name (or role if staying abstract)
Jurisdiction (where they work)
Reason for termination (performance, misconduct, RIF, position elimination)
How long employed
Age (relevant to release requirements for older-worker protections)
Whether any other employees are being terminated as part of the same decisional unit or program (relevant to group-termination release rules)
When is the planned term date

Step 2: High-risk flag scan

This is the most important step. Check every flag from ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/employment-legal/CLAUDE.md. Default set:

Flag	Why it's high-risk	Check
Recent complaint	Retaliation claim	Has this employee filed any complaint (HR, ethics hotline, regulatory) recently?
Protected leave	Leave-law interference/retaliation	Currently on or recently returned from protected leave (FMLA/state equivalents, disability, parental, military)?
Protected class + timing	Discrimination claim	Protected class AND recently disclosed/visible (pregnancy announcement, religious accommodation request, disability disclosure)?
Whistleblower	Federal and state whistleblower statutes	Has this employee raised concerns about illegality, safety, fraud?
Thin documentation	"Why now?" problem	For performance terms: is there a PIP, written warnings, documented feedback? Or did this come out of nowhere?
Comparator problem	Disparate treatment	Is someone else doing the same thing and not being terminated?
Contract/handbook promise	Breach	Does the offer letter, handbook, or any writing promise a process that isn't being followed?
Exempt misclassification	FLSA + state wage claim with liquidated damages	See the classification check below. Fires on state + classification + title.

Exempt/non-exempt classification flag. Fire this flag when ALL of the following are true:

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