Progressive discipline. I wish I had a nickel for every potential client who told me the employer did not follow the progressive discipline policy and, instead, fired the potential client after only one (or none) write-ups. Well, as I have mentioned elsewhere on this blog, the employee handbooks are not binding on the employer. Many
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An Employer Needs to Document Problems
By Thomas J. Crane on
Posted in Discrimination, General
If you have a problem employee, it is important to document those problems. Written counseling serves many purposes. Michael Fox discusses a case in which the employer did not document those problems and lost a claim for discrimination because of that failure. Of course, he assumes the alleged work problems were genuine. Maybe they were…