By Anjali Patel

From the employee whose office emanates a persistent pungent odor, to the close-talker who regularly invades others’ personal space, a variety of behaviors can disrupt everyone’s work and impact morale. Know your options for disciplining employees with this one-of-a-kind tool kit outlining the range of appropriate responses to specific behaviors, how to select charges that are more likely to be sustained on appeal, and how to avoid retaliation by ensuring charges are supported with strong evidence.

Get situation-based guidance such as:

• Disciplining employees who violate possible “gag orders” by expressing dissent with agency policy
• Recognizing possible whistleblower disclosures and avoid retaliation
• Differentiating between prohibited political activity and permitted nonpartisan activities
• Balancing the right to religious expression with potential harassment
• Disciplining employees for bullying, incivility and harassment, along with any related arising EEO complaints
• Discussing hygiene and grooming issues in the workplace without trigger ADA violations
• And more