The only thing worse than not taking action on a poor performing employee is taking action based on weak, limited or non-existent documentation. Here’s hands-on, practical guidance to make proper documentation a standard part of your performance- and discipline-related actions – leading to rehabilitated employees and decisions that stand up to third-party review.

You get specific strategies to evaluate an employee in the probationary period, put the results of a verbal counseling meeting in writing, confront an employee you suspect is intoxicated, and more. Plus, you get page after page of ready-to-use tools including:

• The 4 rules of disciplinary documentation
• Examples of documentation/supervisory notes to ensure your notes contain all pertinent information
• Sample table of penalties listing ranges of penalties for specific infractions
• Guidelines to help you meet conversion requirements for Electronic Official Personnel Folders
• Model letters covering Last Chance Agreement, Admonishment, Reprimand, Tardiness, Proposed Removal and more
• Sample performance standards you can use to develop your own standards for customer service, EEO, resource management and other areas

Plus an entire chapter focusing on the Douglas factors!