Progressive Discipline in The Workplace Training in Timmins
Available in person or online either live or via a self-paced webinar
Suzanne Desrosiers Professional Corporation is your source for progressive discipline in the workplace training in Timmins. Our online course allows you and your team to work at your own pace while learning how to apply progressive discipline. Improve disciplinary outcomes, correct inappropriate behaviour, and learn from our licensed team’s experience in employment law.
To schedule a no-obligation consultation, call us at (705) 268-6492 or email us at learning@sdlawtimmins.com today.
Learn the Right Way to Discipline
Progressive discipline is an effective approach to workplace discipline. It provides a clear, legally sound framework to manage your teams, correct inappropriate behaviour, and improve performance.
Whether you've had problems with lateness, insubordination, or poor performance, our progressive discipline training will help you rectify them. Combining our years of legal experience with real-world, practical advice, our course will teach you not only what progressive discipline is but also how to apply it in your organization.
Self-Paced, Online Progressive Discipline Training
Learn at your own pace from the comfort of your home or office. Our Progressive Discipline in the Workplace Training Course is available 100% online, and divided into lessons of approximately 30 minutes each so you can do it whenever you have time.
What Is Progressive Discipline?
Progressive discipline is a structured approach to addressing workplace performance issues and misconduct by your employees. It’s a formal process with a series of escalating punitive steps designed to correct behaviour while also providing opportunities for improvement to eliminate the need for termination. It requires clear communication and documentation of each step.
Progressive discipline helps organizations effectively manage problems in the workplace while maintaining productivity and remaining compliant with employment laws. It’s an effective long-term strategy that fosters a culture of professionalism in the workplace and provides a fair, consistent approach for both employers and employees.
An Overview of the Progressive Discipline Process
To give our potential clients a better understanding of what to expect from our progressive discipline training, we would like to go over an example of a typical disciplinary process. Although all organizations are different and should be addressed on a case-by-case basis, these are some steps that usually make up the progressive discipline process.
Verbal Warnings
Talking to the employee is usually an appropriate action for minor issues and first-time offenses. The supervisor should point out the problem of the employee's actions and make sure they understand what they should be doing instead.
Although everything is only verbal at this stage, it should still be treated as a formal warning. This means keeping a record of the verbal warning that took place so that appropriate measures can be taken if the behaviour continues. The employee needs to be aware that employer is applying progressive discipline up to and including termination.
Written Warnings
After additional incidents following a verbal warning or a serious incident occurs that justifies skipping the verbal warning stage, a written warning should be issued. Written communication will make the situation more formal and ensure that the employee with the inappropriate behaviour understands the severity of the problem.
The discipline letter should refer that it is a written warning for the inappropriate behaviour which must be set out. The written warning should also advise the employee that you are applying progressive discipline and failure to correct the inappropriate behaviour will lead to further discipline up to and including termination.
Suspension
If the employee shows that he is not correcting the inappropriate behaviour a suspension with or without pay is typically the time that more severe disciplinary action needs to be taken. To have a suspension without pay, it must be specifically provided for in either the employment contract or in the policies. It allows the employee to reflect on the inappropriate behaviour. Again, this must be in writing and must set out that you are applying progressive discipline and if the behaviour is not corrected it will lead to further discipline up to and including termination. The letter should indicate when the suspension commences and when the employee is expected to return to the workplace.
A Progressive Discipline Course for All
No matter what type of organization you belong to, you can benefit from our progressive discipline training course. We offer both theoretical and practical guidance to help you improve your application of progressive discipline and reduce wrongful termination claims. Whether you're part of a large corporation, a small non-profit, or a local business, progressive discipline is the smart choice to protect your and your staff's best interests.
Federal employers can particularly benefit from this course. The Canada Labour Code requires, with a couple of exceptions, that employees can only be terminated with just cause after 12 months of employment. It is easier to establish just cause if you can show that you properly applied progressive discipline.
Learning Through Case Studies
One of the ways that we help educate our clients is by reviewing multiple examples of how to apply progressive discipline. Although you may be able to grasp the terms we discuss, we believe that everything becomes more apparent once you see it in a real-world setting.
Once you become familiar with a few case studies, you should be able to recognize some of the common mistakes that companies make when enforcing a progressive discipline policy. As a result, you will hopefully avoid making similar mistakes.
Contact Us Today
Understanding how to apply progressive discipline isn't always easy. Contact us today to schedule a no-obligation consultation to discuss taking the progressive discipline training either through the online self-paced modules or live online or in-person.
To contact us about the progressive discipline training you can either call us at (705) 268-6492 or email us at learning@sdlawtimmins.com.