In this difficult market, employers are often looking for creative ways to grow their business and sustain that growth. But, when an adjustment in staffing is necessary during this process, it can potentially create a variety of difficulties. Enter Jay Shepherd, an employment litigator with Prefix, LLC and creator of the award-winning blog, Gruntled Employees, who has just released his new book, Firing at Will: An Unlawyerly Handbook for Management’s Riskiest HR Decision (Apress, 2011).  Firing at Will provides real-world advice on how to fire employees. Shepherd says it offers a virtual roadmap doing what he describes is “the riskiest thing you can do at work with your clothes on” in a smooth, drama-free — and lawsuit-free — fashion.  Among his many suggestions are to hire well, give employees autonomy, and when it is time to end the relationship, let them leave retain their dignity in the process.  Watch our video interview below: