termination-risklisted
Install: claude install-skill zgbrenner/agentcounsel
# Termination Risk
## Purpose
Produce a structured, attorney-ready fact-and-risk summary for a proposed employee termination. The skill organizes available facts, surfaces risk factors, and generates a checklist for attorney review. It does NOT decide whether the termination is lawful, evaluate jurisdiction-specific statutes, or substitute for employment counsel. This is draft legal work product — not legal advice.
## Use When
- A manager or HR professional is preparing to terminate an employee and wants to surface legal risk factors before proceeding.
- An attorney needs a structured intake of termination facts to begin their risk assessment.
- A user says "we want to let someone go — what should we be thinking about?" or "help me think through the risk of this termination."
- A separation is being planned in the context of a reduction in force, performance management conclusion, or misconduct investigation.
- The user needs to organize documentation in advance of a termination meeting.
## Required Inputs
- **Employee identifier**: a role description or anonymized identifier. Do not use the employee's real name in reusable templates.
- **Employment status**: at-will, fixed-term contract, collective bargaining agreement, or unknown. If unknown, flag for attorney confirmation.
- **Stated reason for termination**: the specific reason the employer intends to assert (e.g., performance, misconduct, position elimination, restructuring).
- **Documentation history**: what writt