Common use of Progressive Discipline Procedure Clause in Contracts

Progressive Discipline Procedure. All discipline will be handled in consultation with the human resources office and the AHE president, to the extent that confidentiality rules allow. a. All parties will make a reasonable effort to protect the privacy of the employee. b. Faculty will be informed of their right to representation at each step of the process, including informal resolution. c. Each step will be documented by the appropriate administrator, shared with the faculty member, and placed in the faculty member’s personnel file within 10 days of the step taken. d. The administrator will inform the faculty member of their right to submit a written rebuttal to be placed in the file along with this documentation within 10 contract days of the document’s submission. Unless the behavior or instance is egregious in nature including behaviors that are unlawful, unsafe, or result in the inability to perform one’s professional duties, the following steps will be followed: Step 1— Verbal warning: The record of this warning must include the exact nature of the behavior or instance and corrective measures to be taken by the faculty member. The record will be signed and dated by both the faculty member and administrator as acknowledgement of receipt only.