Q: Need to fire an employee manager (Long Beach, CA) for cause. We don't need to go through eviction process, right?
We have 2 employee managers onsite at a residential care facility. We don't have written employment, residency, or tenant/rental agreements. They are paid above minimum wage and live in the units for free. If they didn't work for us, they wouldn't be able to live here because of the nature of the facility. We need to fire one. It's my understanding that they need to vacate upon employment termination because they don't pay rent and we don't need to serve notice. In the future, we will be having employee managers sign residency agreements stating they are employees and must leave when their employment ends within 72 hours.
A: What I didn't hear from you is whether or not you have a rental agreement with the party you want to fire. Depending on the circumstances, I would consider the employee/manager to be a "tenant at will," which means you can give them a 3-day notice to quit the premises. As to whether or not they have a rights as to the employment agreement, I cannot say.
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