hi, i am new here, but i hope some of you could help me here, i have hired a lovely lady to be my PA about 7 weeks ago. she came with great references, and i was really glad to have someone to help me, but OMG, she is just useless, i sit every evening correcting her mistakes and doing damage control, it is costing me so much money and the embarrassment!
she is forgetful, religiously late, and is having endless financial and family problems, she hardly concentrates on her job.

i dont want to start with the whole disciplinary procedure, as soon as she finds out she is going to be fired, she can cause so much more damage to my business. i just want to pay her to go.
i know i will have to pay, but my question is, how much, what is the correct procedure?
thank you in advance for the help.