Proposed Discipline Letters: Is Less More?
Recently Bill Wiley wrote an article for the Federal Employment Law Training Group (FELTG, LLC) newsletter titled It's All About Size. This article was in direct response to a question from a reader regarding the amount of detail necessary in a proposed discipline letter.
Apparently, in this reader's office, there were two distinct opinions: Team A favored a detailed, lengthy discipline letter, while Team B preferred a short and sweet note with supporting documentation.
In your experience, what method do you prefer? And, what types of results do you see?
(To read Bill's entire article visit the FELTG Newsletter page)
Tags: Discipline, Letters
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Permalink Reply by Stewart Liff on -
There are plusses and minuses to both approaches. The key point is that everything you write you need to be prepared to defend. I recommend providing the person with enough information to let him know what he did wrong and why action may be taken against him (including the who, what, where and when.) However, don't go into so much detail that you will confuse the issue and give the employee ammunition with which to attack your position.
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Permalink Reply by Debbie Hopkins on -
Thanks, Stewart. Bill is planning to discuss this in greater detail during the upcoming seminar MSPB Law Week in Washington, DC. I'll be attending this event; it will be interesting to see what types of discussion surround this much-debated topic.
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