haveing a meeting with your top notch worker to inform of cut back and terminations of other employee?

to make sure i have all the shift covered i call a meeting of what the company manager her top worke to dicuss some termination and more work from them intill good worker are hired. couple of the employees not invited where let go do to poor work standards and complaints now the one let go is whating to sue me fo embaresing her can see do this