Progressive discipline
Progressive discipline is a discipline system for addressing minor employee misconduct that usually includes several levels of penalties such as warnings, reprimands, suspensions, and, finally, termination. The objective is to inform an employee of inappropriate behavior and enable the employee to correct such behavior without serious or permanent consequences.
Definitions
According to Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining by Michael R. Carrell and Christina Heavrin (10th edition),
- Progressive discipline. A discipline system for addressing minor employee misconduct that usually includes several levels of penalties such as warnings, reprimands, suspensions, and, finally, termination. The objective is to inform an employee of inappropriate behavior and enable the employee to correct such behavior without serious or permanent consequences.
Related concepts
- Labor relations. The systematic study of attitudes, motivations, and behaviors which two or more job-market actors assume toward each another.
