LEGAL BRIEFS: Discipline & Termination

Coaching. Progressive discipline. Termination. These are challenging jobs for any manager no matter how seasoned. But They are also absolutely essential skills in today's litigious workplace. This program uses straightforward language and real world examples to present The most common issues and potholes that managers and organizations face. Then it provides specific actions any manager can implement to help them avoid Their day in court.

This video covers issues like avoidance, such as delegating discipline, transferring problem employees, or fabricating "layoffs"-inconsistency, like making exceptions based on tenure or cultural differences-too much or too little documentation, and more.

Key Learning Points:

• Effective progressive discipline helps to retain good people and improve performance.

• Avoiding discipline or termination can lead to charges of discrimination, unlawful retaliation, and wrongful retention.

• Consistent documentation-be consistent, specific, and state required actions, timelines, and consequences.

• Preparations-Terminations must be planned-don't "wing-it".

• Focus on behaviors, improvement and consequences. Don't get trapped into unproductive and risky discussions.

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  The Complete Employment Law Package includes:
  
  1: Legal Briefs: The Americans With Disabilities Act
  2: Legal Briefs: Recruiting & Hiring
  3: Legal Briefs: Harassment & Discrimination
  4: Legal Briefs: Discipline & Termination
  5: Legal Briefs: The Family and Medical Leave Act
  6: Legal Briefs: Workplace Violence: A Legal Role
  7: Legal Briefs: Substance Abuse
  8: Legal Briefs: Workplace Privacy

  The Legal Briefs Series is The most unique, practical, easy-to-use, employment law training available today. Why? Instead of The usual mind-numbing "legal speak" and "information dump", each title focuses on a specific law, identifies The most common issues and potholes managers and organizations face-and presents easily understood, legally accurate answers and actions your managers can implement immediately.

  Key Learning Points:

  • Harassment and discrimination hurt everyone
  • Which behaviors now contribute to a hostile work environment
  • The areas in which people and organizations cannot discriminate
  • When harassment can become discrimination, or "tangible employment action" and The implications of those

  Using dramatic examples in white and blue collar, hospitality, health care, and retail settings, this video will protect your organization by communicating everyone's legal responsibilities and is for training on diversity as well.

  Format: Video
  Length: 14 mins.
  Additional Materials:
  Facilitator Guide
  Reproducible Participant Handouts
  Reproducible Self-Study Workbook