“You are supposed to be here at 9:30am Monday through Friday. Unless you have a darned good reason for being late every day, that you haven’t told me about. I’m going to have to find someone else who can be here on time.”

As far as his incomplete work (and timing for that matter) is concerned. You need to have periodic (1 on 1 sit-down) employee reviews with him. Have them typed up. And, have him sign them after the review(s). If he knows you are getting serious about his punctuality and performance. He’s apt to change his ill ways. If not, you have all you need to let him go without (legal) retaliation.

You need to properly document why you are letting any employee go. The last thing you want to do is just walk up one day and say: "You're fired." That can bite you in the butt if they want to come back and say: "But you never said anything about my being late (or poor performance), so I thought it was ok."

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