How to Document Disciplinary Actions as an Employer
Duration: 90 minutes
Speaker: Dr. Jim Castagnera, Esq.
Webinar Description
Where employee discipline is concerned, the best way to “snatch defeat from the jaws of victory” is to fail to correctly document the problem. There are many reasons why supervisors, managers, HR professionals, and sometimes even legal counsel, fumble this crucial requirement.
Hopefully, the reason never is that no justifiable basis for the discipline or discharge exists, or the reason is discriminatory. Assuming that your organization never disciplines or discharges for a forbidden reason, the documentation shortfall may occur because the decision makers are over-worked or distracted; the discharge occurred in the heat of crisis conditions; poor communication occurred between the supervisor and HR or Legal and the documentation dropped through the cracks; or the responsible company officials were poorly trained.
None of these reasons is an acceptable excuse for poor documentation. When the court summons or agency complaint hits your desk, you want to be able to reach for a file that fully supports your side of the story in mounting a robust defense.
AGENDA
What this webinar will cover:
- Policies and forms that help ensure adequate documentation
- Systematic, routine recording of each employee’s performance and disciplinary history
- Best practices in conducting a full and fair investigation
- Getting and recording the facts in an objective manner
- Bringing clarity and specificity to your documentation
- Providing the employee an opportunity to respond and explain
- The role of confidentiality
- Ensuring consistency and non-discrimination
- Adjudication recordation: in-house mediation, arbitration, hearings and appeals
- Record storage and retention
- Litigation-holds
- Training tips
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Logistics
- 90-minute webinar (Travel-Free) delivered over the Internet.
- Unlimited listeners per connection if your colleagues can be together either in person or virtually.
- Q&A session with the expert.
This event will be presented live with a PowerPoint presentation to be viewed on your computer. You may listen to the audio of the webinar by telephone or through your computer. The PowerPoint slides will be provided shortly before the event. Once you register, you will receive an email which is your receipt and which includes your instructions for dialing in and logging on. You will also receive an email reminder 24 hours before the webinar.
What is a webinar?
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You will need a computer with an Internet connection (high speed service such as DSL or cable works best) and a telephone. You may listen to the webinar through your computer speakers, in which case you will not need to use a telephone connection. Internet access is not required for phone-only participants, but you will not be able to see the speaker’s slides.
How can I share the webinar with my colleagues who may not be able to attend the event?
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How do I ask a question during the webinar? Will my question be answered during the presentation?
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