Common use of Discipline and Termination Clause in Contracts

Discipline and Termination. 1. Progressive discipline is the concept of increasingly more severe actions taken by supervisors and managers to correct or prevent an employee’s unacceptable conduct, the level of discipline dictated by the relative severity of the infraction. Employees should be made aware of the expectations either verbally or in writing and notice of any deficiencies should be documented and communicated to the employee in a timely manner. Such documentation should be specific and should avoid conclusions unless supported by evidence. When it becomes necessary for a supervisor or manager to take corrective action, the action may be precipitated by a variety of situations. Disciplinary guidelines should be specific enough to ensure technically correct action, but flexible enough to permit the supervisor or manager to reasonable latitude to consider mitigating and/or aggravating factors when issuing constructive and corrective disciplinary action. Progressive and constructive disciplinary action will proceed, if appropriate, along a continuum from corrective counseling to dismissal, with incremental steps between.

Discipline and Termination. 1. Progressive discipline is the concept of increasingly more severe actions taken by supervisors and managers to correct or prevent an employee’s unacceptable conduct, ; the level of discipline dictated by the relative severity of the infraction. Employees should be made aware of the expectations either verbally or in writing and notice of any deficiencies should be documented and communicated to the employee in a timely manner. Such documentation should be specific and should avoid conclusions unless supported by evidence. When it becomes necessary for a supervisor or manager to take corrective action, the action may be precipitated by a variety of situations. Disciplinary guidelines should be specific enough to ensure technically correct action, but flexible enough to permit the supervisor or manager to reasonable latitude to consider mitigating and/or aggravating factors when issuing constructive and corrective disciplinary action. Progressive and constructive disciplinary action will proceed, if appropriate, along a continuum from corrective counseling to dismissal, with incremental steps between.