Chapter 11 Discipline

Question 1

4 phases of progressive discipline system

Answer 1

1. Clearly indicate in writing the nature of the problem and the impact of the employee’s performance or conduct on the organization.
2. Provide the employee with a clear and unequivocal warning that failure to improve behaviour will result in discipline (up to and including termination).
3. Establish through progressive discipline that the employee’s performance was still unacceptable despite repeated warnings.
4. Demonstrate that discipline was applied in a fair and consistent manner

Question 2

4 requirements when dismissing incompetent worker

Answer 2

1. Employer must provide reasonable objective standards of performance in a clear and understandable manner.
2. The employee must fail to meet those standards.
3. The employer must have given the employee a clear and unequivocal warning s/he has failed to meet the standards, including particulars to the specific deficiency.
4. The warning must clearly indicate the employee will be dismissed if s/he fails to meet the requisite standards.