what is termination of employment 
the term termination of employment refers to the end of an employee s work with a company an employee may be terminated from a job of their own free will or following a decision made by the employer employers who execute a termination of employment may do so for a number of reasons including downsizing poor job performance or redundancies an employee who is not actively working because of an illness leave of absence or furlough is still considered employed if the relationship with the employer has not been terminated formally with a notice of termination 