I recently was requested to do a retrenchment for a business that, in no way, could pay severance. In consultation I managed to convince the employee that if I did not do the process correctly and that if he didn't accept the offer put before him, I would have to close the business down completely. I did have alternatives to him losing his job completely. Now both the Employer and Employee are happy. There will still be a retrenchment. The business will not close. They will now work side by side and both determine their own salaries. And they have the SETA's backing.

There are ways to sort out problems. If you have incompatibility revert to retrenchment. Find them alternate work in another company. Try anything. Just don't look for a reason to dismiss. Employees are very clever today.