Managing Problem Employees in the Workplace (Warnings Dismissal & Summary Dismissal)

We regularly take calls from clients seeking advice on how to best manage difficult situations where an employee is performing poorly or has engaged in serious misconduct. These situations require the employer to confront the issues with the employee concerned and to ensure that their treatment of the employee concerned is such that the employee is afforded procedural fairness and natural justice and that the employers do not set themselves up for a successful unfair dismissal claim against them.

Whilst disciplinary procedures are stressful for both the employer and the employee, they are not overly complex and so we have set out two fairly simple articles on our Bulletin Board to assist employers to get the process right when Managing Problem Employees in the Workplace (Summary Dismissal) or when Managing Poor Performance in the Workplace (Warnings & Dismissal)