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Fair and Effective Disciplinary Procedures

Between fairness and firmness lies a discipline that shapes workplace harmony; this course charts that balance through every step of performance and consequence.

3-4
Days Duration
8
Units
✓
DoL Approved
Disciplinary procedures training session

Course Overview

Comprehensive guide to managing employee performance and discipline within a legal framework

Course Description

This course provides a comprehensive guide to managing employee performance and discipline within a legal and procedural framework. Participants will explore the rights and responsibilities of employers and employees, disciplinary codes, types of misconduct, and steps for conducting fair hearings.

Through practical tools and structured processes, learners will gain the competence to handle poor performance, grievances, and sanctions with confidence and compliance.

Course Content

Unit 1: The rights and duties of employee and employer

  • • Introduction and basis of the relationship
  • • Duties of an employee and employer
  • • Discipline: an employer's duty
  • • Dismissal – the ultimate penalty
  • • Substantive and procedural fairness

Unit 2: Types of rules and particular offences

  • • Types of rules
  • • Disciplinary codes and procedures
  • • Particular offences

Unit 3: Disciplinary sanctions short of dismissal

  • • Introduction to alternative sanctions
  • • Minor offences - procedures

Unit 4: Procedural fairness - investigation and charging

  • • The role of an initiator
  • • Pre-hearing preparation
  • • Investigating the facts of the incident
  • • Rules of evidence (admissible vs inadmissible)
  • • Formulating charges

Unit 5: Conducting the disciplinary action

  • • Arranging a chairperson
  • • The issue of representation
  • • Preparing witnesses
  • • The disciplinary hearing procedure
  • • Appeal hearing procedures
  • • Roleplay exercises

Unit 6: Managing poor work performance

  • • Differentiating between probation and poor performance
  • • Informal and formal processes
  • • 5-step practical guide: Fact-gathering to final review
  • • Performance consultation and progress meetings

Unit 7: Grievances

  • • Dealing with grievances
  • • The grievance procedure
  • • Guidelines for holding a grievance interview

Unit 8: Annexures

  • • Schedule 8 Code of Good Practice: Dismissal
  • • Disciplinary Hearing Checklist
  • • Disciplinary Report templates

Legal Compliance

Ensure all disciplinary actions comply with labor law and avoid legal challenges.

Fair Procedures

Implement fair and consistent disciplinary procedures across your organization.

Improved Performance

Effectively manage poor performance and maintain workplace standards.

Who Should Attend

HR Managers

Human resources professionals handling disciplinary matters

Line Managers

Supervisors and managers responsible for team discipline

Legal Officers

Legal and compliance professionals ensuring procedural fairness

Senior Management

Executives overseeing organizational discipline policies

Ready to Master Disciplinary Procedures?

Ensure fair and effective workplace discipline with our comprehensive training on legal procedures and best practices.

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