Misconduct - line manager training

Original author: Lynda Macdonald

Brightmine editor: Laura Kimpton

Introduction

This training guide looks at employee misconduct, including:

• the importance of proactively tackling misconduct;
• the meaning of misconduct, gross misconduct and summary dismissal;
• addressing conduct issues informally; and
• an overview of the stages of a typical disciplinary process.

This training is designed as an introductory session within a series of guides on employee discipline. It is complemented with Conducting a disciplinary investigation and Conducting a disciplinary meeting.