Disciplinary%20Process

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Disciplinary Process

• Discipline
• Actions taken by supervisors to enforce an
  organizations standards and regulations.

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Disciplinary Process

• Verbal Warning
• The mildest form of discipline. It is a
  temporary record of a reprimand which is placed
  in the supervisors file.

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Disciplinary Process

• Written Warning
• The first formal stage of the disciplinary
  procedure the warning becomes part of an
  employees official personnel file.

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Disciplinary Process

• Dismissal
• Termination of ones employment.

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Positive Discipline

• A technique that attempts to reinforce the good
  work behaviors of an employee, while
  simultaneously emphasizing to the employee the
  problems created by undesirable performance.

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Types of Discipline Problems

• Attendance
• On-The-Job Behaviors
• Dishonesty
• Outside Activities

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Is Discipline Always Needed?

• If an employee doesnt have the ability, that is
  , he or she cant perform, disciplinary action is
  not the answer.
• What is?

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Basic Tenets of Discipline

• Do your homework
• Provide ample warning
• Act in a timely manner
• Conduct discipline in private
• Be calm and serious

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Basic Tenets of Discipline

• Be specific about the problem
• Keep it impersonal
• Get the employees side
• Keep control of the discussion
• Agree on how mistakes can be
• prevented next time.

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Basic Tenets of Discipline

• Select progressive
• disciplinary action and
• consider mitigating
• circumstances.
• Fully document the
• disciplinary session.

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Progressive Discipline

• Action that begins with a verbal warning, and
  then proceeds through written reprimands,
  suspension, and finally, in the most serious
  cases, dismissal.

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Hot Stove Rule

• A set of principles that can guide an individual
  in effectively disciplining an employee by
  demonstrating the analogy between touching a hot
  stove and administering discipline.
• Painful - Immediate - Impartial
• Consistent

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Disciplinary Factors

• Seriousness of the problem
• Duration of the problem
• Frequency and nature of
• the problem.
• Employees work history
• Extenuating circumstances

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Disciplinary Factors

• Degree of warning
• History of the organizations
• disciplinary practices.
• Implications for other
• employees.
• Upper management support

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Discipline and the Law

• Employment-At-Will
• Wrongful Discharge
• Due Process
• Union Contracts