Disciplinary and Termination Discussions

1.5 hours HRCI Credit

Nobody looks forward to disciplinary and termination discussions. Yet, knowing how to have these types of meetings is a critical skill for any effective human resource professional or manager. Oftentimes, the disciplinary discussion is your organization’s last chance to help a struggling employee work through a difficult performance issue. And, even if you do decide that termination is the only option, how you handle this discussion has enormous implications for the integrity of your organization and the morale of your employees.

In this engaging webcast, employee relations expert Rachelle Weathersby will provide practical guidance on how to analyze performance issues to determine when to escalate to discipline or termination. She will teach you how to “say the hard stuff” to send a clear message that an employee must change unproductive behavior or to terminate a failed employment relationship as professionally and respectfully as possible.

Course Objectives:

What Will I Learn?

  • Explore best practices in the management of disciplinary and termination discussions
  • Review the applicable requirements of the laws against harassment and discrimination
  • Learn to effectively address various types of disciplinary issues, policy violations and misconduct
  • Learn to identify when termination is warranted

Participants Will Walk Away With:

  • A list of key principles that are proven to maximize the impact and effectiveness of disciplinary discussions
  • A list of guidelines for respectful and professional termination discussions
  • Model forms that can be used in developing performance improvement plans and disciplinary memoranda
  • An overview of the applicable legal rules

Course Outline:

  • Progressive Discipline
  • When Oral Counseling Is Appropriate
  • Preparing for a Counseling Session
  • Rules for Communicating Performance Feedback
  • Drafting Disciplinary Memoranda
  • Drafting Performance Improvement Plans
  • Addressing Misconduct
  • What Constitutes “Appropriate Action”?
  • Document Retention
  • Pre-Termination Considerations
  • Resignations/Voluntary Terminations
  • Delivering the Termination Message
  • Avoiding Post-Termination Hazards
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