Common use of ACTIONS BASED ON UNACCEPTABLE PERFORMANCE Clause in Contracts

ACTIONS BASED ON UNACCEPTABLE PERFORMANCE. 1. An employee not serving in a probationary or trial period, and whose performance is below fully successful (or its equivalent), is entitled to: a. A thirty (30) day advanced written notice of sub-standard performance which informs the employee of: (1) The instances of unacceptable performance. (2) The critical elements of the job standard which are unacceptable. (3) How the supervisor will assist the employee in bringing his/her work up to acceptable standards. 2. An employee may not be rated below fully successful (or its equivalent) and no action based on unacceptable performance may be taken, to include actions covered by Section 22.4, unless the procedures in paragraph 1 (above) have been followed by the Agency. 3. When the criteria in paragraphs 1 and 2 (above) have been met, if an employee’s performance continues to be unacceptable in one or more critical elements after the performance improvement period has expired, the Agency may take one or more of the following actions in accordance with appropriate regulation. The actions below are listed in a progressive order; however, the Agency may take whatever action is appropriate as supported by the individual circumstances: a. Denial of within grade increase; b. Reduction in grade; c. Reassignment; or,