HR Generalist Question:
Explain the Benefits of Progressive Discipline?
Answer:
Using progressive discipline can help you get employees back on track. Done right, progressive discipline can:
☛ allow managers to intervene and correct employee behavior at the first sign of trouble
☛ enhance communication between managers and employees
☛ help managers achieve higher performance and productivity from their employees
☛ improve employee morale and retention by demonstrating that there are rewards for good performance and consequences for poor performance
☛ avoid expensive replacement costs
☛ ensure consistency and fairness in dealing with employee problems, and
☛ lay the groundwork for fair, legally defensible employment termination for employees who cannot or will not improve.
Progressive discipline also helps you avoid the consequences of allowing workplace problems to continue unchecked. If you don't intervene, the employee may not know that his or her behavior or actions are unacceptable. Not only will you have lost an opportunity to help the employee improve, but your company will continue to suffer the consequences of the employee's problem, which could result in reduced productivity and profits, quality control problems, lost opportunities or customers, low employee morale, and high turnover.
☛ allow managers to intervene and correct employee behavior at the first sign of trouble
☛ enhance communication between managers and employees
☛ help managers achieve higher performance and productivity from their employees
☛ improve employee morale and retention by demonstrating that there are rewards for good performance and consequences for poor performance
☛ avoid expensive replacement costs
☛ ensure consistency and fairness in dealing with employee problems, and
☛ lay the groundwork for fair, legally defensible employment termination for employees who cannot or will not improve.
Progressive discipline also helps you avoid the consequences of allowing workplace problems to continue unchecked. If you don't intervene, the employee may not know that his or her behavior or actions are unacceptable. Not only will you have lost an opportunity to help the employee improve, but your company will continue to suffer the consequences of the employee's problem, which could result in reduced productivity and profits, quality control problems, lost opportunities or customers, low employee morale, and high turnover.