Common use of Steps of Progressive Discipline Clause in Contracts

Steps of Progressive Discipline. 20.2.2.1 Step 1: Oral Counseling Oral Counseling shall normally be the first step in all discipline procedures. It shall be a meeting between the administrator and unit member. A Conference Summary Memo shall report the specific acts or omissions upon which the concern is based and shall specify the administrator’s expectation for improvement. The unit member shall have the right to attach his/her statement of rebuttal to the Conference Summary Memo. Such statements of rebuttal shall remain with the Conference Summary Memo if attached to a Letter of Reprimand. The Conference Summary Memo shall also include a statement explaining that if the act/omission occurs again, further disciplinary action may be taken with the unit member. No written record shall be placed in the unit member’s personnel file, except as attachments to a written reprimand.