Introduction

Are you tired of applying the same old discipline with the same old mediocre results? Is traditional progressive discipline (verbal, written suspension and termination) or even positive discipline always the best choice? Are these your only options? Absolutely not! There are alternative approaches which can simultaneously empower an employee’s positive and sustained behavior change, increasing their accountability while preserving and respecting their dignity. This webinar will introduce several alternative approaches designed to evolve the disciplinary process from punishment into empowerment, accountability and long-term behavior changes.  

Learning Objectives

How to:

• Apply the principles of empowerment, self-determination, and individual need to change behavior.
• Stop/mitigate victimization perceptions by both managers as well as employees.
• Mitigate/eradicate recidivism (backsliding)
• Increase levels of communication and accountability for both managers and employees.
• Use the device “Following Up=Following Through” to set an example for all.
• Use alternatives to discipline to either make necessary changes of a “good” case, even better by the appeals process.

Areas Covered In The Webinar

1. Purpose(s) of workplace discipline

2. Brief overview of progressive and positive discipline

3. Pros & cons of progressive and positive discipline

4. Why and how poor or no follow-up can sabotage the best disciplinary action.

5. Writing the Memorandum of Understanding (with or without a Collective bargaining Agreement).

6. Preserving all parties’ rights.

7. How to empower employees like adults by:

• Proper use of Decision-Making Leaves (DMLs) in any disciplinary system
• Applying the “Limbo” agreement to Verbal, Written and Suspension discipline
• The 90-60-45-30 Program
• Proper use of Last Chance Agreements (LCA’s)
• Seniority Pre-Award conference
• Conditional discharge

8. How to avoid setting a precedent or establishing a past practice.

9. Frequent Fliers (repeat offenders & recidivism)

Who Will Benefit

• All level Managers
• Supervisors and executives
• All levels of both in-house and outside counsel
• All levels of Union representation and officers (Stewards, Business Representatives/agents, Business Managers/agents, Presidents and All officers and executive board members)
• All levels of Human Resources, Employee Relations, Ombudspersons, Labor Relations, mediators (internal and external).