[Stonehenge]

I didn't want the thread title to be 50 words long, so let me explain that a little better.

I've read about quite a few people that, when firing an employee, will have their hours tallied to that moment and have a check cut for them when they let them go.

I'm wondering why people do that. Is it because you don't want the person to get angry that they have to wait for their pay, getting paid on a regular payday, like everyone else?

Here's my thought about that - I've never altered from our payday schedule, even when I fire someone. Especially when I fire someone. The reason being, even if they are angry, if they know there's several hundred dollars that I have of theirs, I think they are less likely to cause trouble, knowing that if they do, I may decide to not cut that check. And by the time payday arrives and the check is cut, and I no longer have any leverage over them, they have probably gotten over it and are well into their job hunt or have already found something else. To me, it seems that cutting that check at the moment of firing and not having that leverage is the scarier thing.

What do you think?