Employee Discipline Appropriate sanctions must be applied against workforce 18 members who fail to comply with any provisions of CONTRACTOR’s privacy P&Ps, including 19 termination of employment where appropriate.
Progressive Discipline Both parties endorse the principle of progressive discipline as applied to professionals.
Exclusive Employment During employment with the Company, Executive will not do anything to compete with the Company’s present or contemplated business, nor will he plan or organize any competitive business activity. Executive will not enter into any agreement which conflicts with his duties or obligations to the Company. Executive will not during his employment or within one (1) year after it ends, without the Company’s express written consent, directly or indirectly, solicit or encourage any employee, agent, independent contractor, supplier, customer, consultant or any other person or company to terminate or alter a relationship with the Company.
DISCIPLINE OF EMPLOYEES Section 1 Employees may be disciplined, suspended, and discharged only for a reason that is not arbitrary or capricious. The employer shall utilize corrective, progressive, discipline in such cases and shall initiate action within thirty (30) days of becoming aware of an employee’s conduct giving rise to such action. The progressive discipline steps may include: verbal warning, written warning or written reprimand, suspension with or without pay, and discharge. It is understood and agreed that corrective progressive discipline allows the Board to skip lower levels of discipline and impose higher levels of discipline, including discharge, so long as there is just cause for the discipline which is imposed based upon the employee’s conduct or disciplinary history. Notice of verbal warning shall be documented in writing and labeled “verbal warning” with a copy presented to the employee and a copy placed in the employee’s personnel file. All forms of written discipline shall be presented to the employee and a copy shall be placed in the employee’s personnel file. Verbal warning notices shall be removed from the personnel file two (2) years after their issuance, providing there is no further disciplinary action during the two (2) year period. If there is further disciplinary action within this two-year period, the verbal warning notice permanently will remain in the personnel file.
Section 2 All employees shall be entitled upon request to have present an Association representative during any disciplinary action or any investigation that may lead to disciplinary action.
Section 3 When any material, other than necessary employment information, is to be placed in a bargaining unit member’s personnel file, the affected bargaining unit member shall review and sign and date said material. Such signature shall be understood to indicate awareness of the material but in no instance shall said signature be interpreted to mean agreement with the content of the material. The preceding statement shall be placed on any such material to be placed in an employee’s personnel file immediately adjacent to the employee signature. If an employee refuses to sign such material, the refusal shall be noted on the material and the material shall be placed in the employee’s personnel file.
Alternative Employment An employer, in a particular redundancy case, may make application to the Commission to have the general severance pay prescription varied if the employer obtains acceptable alternative employment for an employee.
