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Lakeland Library Cooperative Employee Handbook
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Progressive Discipline
The purpose of this policy is to state Lakeland's position on administering equitable and consistent discipline for unsatisfactory conduct in the workplace. The best disciplinary measure is the one that does not have to be enforced and comes from good leadership and fair supervision at all employment levels.
Lakeland's own best interest lies in ensuring fair treatment of all employees and in making certain that disciplinary actions are prompt, uniform, and impartial. The major purpose of any disciplinary action is to correct the problem, prevent recurrence, and prepare the employee for satisfactory service in the future.
Not every problem can be resolved to everyone's total satisfaction, but only through understanding and discussion of mutual problems can employees and management develop confidence in each other. This confidence is important to the operation of an efficient and harmonious work environment and helps to ensure everyone's job security.
Although Lakeland may use progressive discipline to address inappropriate employee conduct, this policy is not intended to, nor will it affect, the at-will status of an employee.
Progressive discipline means that, with respect to most disciplinary problems, Lakeland will follow these steps:
First Offense:Verbal Warning
Second Offense:Written Warning
Third Offense:Suspension
Fourth Offense:Termination of Employment
There may be circumstances when one or more steps are bypassed because of the severity of the offense. Moreover, particularly severe or inappropriate employee conduct may result in immediate suspension from or termination of employment..
While it is impossible to list every type of behavior that may be deemed a serious offense, the Employee Conduct and Work Rules policy includes examples of problems that may result in immediate suspension or termination of employment. However, the problems listed are not all necessarily serious offenses, and some may be examples of unsatisfactory conduct that will trigger progressive discipline. Lakeland reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to determine the severity of any incident and the appropriate corrective or disciplinary response.
By using progressive discipline, Lakeland hopes that most employee problems can be corrected at an early stage, benefiting both the employee and Lakeland.
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