New York Performance Management & Termination Toolkit
The New York Cannabis Performance + Termination Toolkit gives established operators a documentation system that protects what you've built, so discipline and separations are handled consistently, defensibly, and without surprises.
Nine state-specific documents. Fully editable. Built for New York's cannabis employment laws, not a generic template that doesn't know your industry.
PERFORMANCE & TERMINATION TOOLKIT
You've been figuring HR out as you go. Most cannabis operators have.
Here's the honest truth about HR in the cannabis industry: most operators, even those who genuinely care about their teams, are running on a combination of instinct, memory, and whatever they cobbled together when they first hired employees.
That works, until it doesn't.
As your team grows, the informal approach that served you in year one starts to create gaps. A discipline conversation that wasn't documented. A termination that felt right but doesn't have a paper trail. A former employee who files an unemployment claim and you're not sure you have what you need to contest it.
None of this means you've been doing anything wrong. It means you've been busy running a business, and HR documentation is the part that's easy to deprioritize when you have a hundred other things on your plate.
The good news... you can confidently avoid the potential $15,000 termination mistake once you have the right tools.
PERFORMANCE & TERMINATION TOOLKIT
Here's what's actually at stake as you scale
A single wrongful termination claim will cost an employer a minimum of $10,000–$30,000 in legal fees to defend, before any settlement. A single UI claim that's lost because documentation was missing costs 10–15 weeks of benefits plus a rate increase that compounds for years.
This kit prevents both.
We're not going to scare you with lawsuit statistics. But we do want to be honest about what grows alongside your business when HR documentation doesn't keep pace.
Unemployment claims become harder to contest. New York's unemployment system requires documented progressive discipline to successfully dispute a claim. Without signed warnings on file, even a legitimate termination can result in a paid claim, and your SUTA tax rate climbing year over year.
Cannabis-specific rules create specific exposure. New York has employment laws around cannabis use, drug testing, and employee protections that standard HR templates miss entirely. The rules that apply to a restaurant or a retail store don't always apply the same way here, and sometimes they work against you in ways you wouldn't expect.
Inconsistent discipline creates its own risk. When some employees get documented warnings and others get a conversation that was never written down, you open the door to claims of unequal treatment. Consistency isn't just good management, it's legal protection.
The operators who handle this well aren't the ones who got lucky. They built a system.
PERFORMANCE & TERMINATION TOOLKIT
What's inside:
Clear, structured tools to help you manage performance issues, document decisions, and handle terminations with consistency and confidence.
The New York Cannabis Performance Management and Termination Toolkit is a complete documentation system with nine state-specific, fully editable Word documents designed for cannabis operators who need HR tools that are quick and easy to implement.
Why New York-specific matters
New York-specific isn't a marketing line. It's what sets our templates apart
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Easy to use templates
This kit is built for real-world use.
The templates are:
→ Written in plain language
→ Easy to customize
→ Structured for consistency
→ Practical for day-to-day management
→ Include a customization and usage guide
You don’t need a formal HR background to use them effectively.
PERFORMANCE & TERMINATION TOOLKIT
How it works:
- Use the progressive discipline framework as your foundation
- Apply templates consistently across performance situations
- Document issues clearly as they arise
- Follow structured steps if termination becomes necessary
Everything is designed to work together as a system, not as isolated documents.
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A Note on What This Kit Is
These documents are professionally developed, New York-specific tools built by seasoned cannabis HR compliance specialists who have spent years working through exactly these issues with operators like you.
They are not a substitute for legal advice. The Separation Agreement especially should be reviewed by a New York employment attorney before you use it in a high-stakes separation. What these documents do is get you 90% of the way there so that review is fast, focused, and doesn't cost you a fortune.
Every HR department runs important documents by the company's legal advisors before putting them to use. You're not buying legal protection. You're buying the system that reduces your legal risk and the infrastructure that makes legal protection affordable.
And if you ever have questions about how to use any of these documents for your specific situation, we're here. This isn't a download-and-disappear product. We're genuinely invested in helping cannabis businesses get this right.
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The right moment to build this system is before you need it
Invest in the New York Performance Management and Termination Toolkit, only $379 for the complete nine-document system.
It's the cost of less than two hours with an employment attorney, and it covers every stage of the discipline and separation process, already customized for New York's cannabis employment laws.
If you're growing, if you're hiring, if you've had a close call, or if you just know this is a gap you've been meaning to close, this is easiest way to get started.
We fully back our products
Free toolkit updates
We monitor federal and state employment law and cannabis regulations so you don't have to. For the first twelve months after your purchase, we will send you an email notifying you of changes that are relevant to your toolkit and walk you through the edits you need to make.