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What is Disciplinary Action
The moment you have to let someone go is not the time to start wondering if your documentation is in order. The disciplinary action process is your official, by-the-book procedure for handling performance issues and misconduct. Its purpose is simple: to be fair to the employee and to protect the company. A clear, time-stamped record of every conversation and warning is what stands between a clean, professional separation and a drawn-out, expensive legal dispute.
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