Common use of TYPE OF DISCIPLINE Clause in Contracts

TYPE OF DISCIPLINE. 1. The University may discipline an employee by written warning, suspension without pay, disciplinary demotion, salary decrease, or dismissal. 2. At least one written warning shall precede any other corrective action except when corrective action is the result of performance or conduct, that an employee knows or reasonably should have known, was unsatisfactory. Such performance or conduct may include but is not limited to dishonesty, theft or misappropriation of University property, fighting on the job, insubordination, acts endangering others, or other serious misconduct. 3. For exempt employees, suspension without pay may be imposed only in increments of one workweek. However, suspension without pay in increments of less than a workweek may be permitted when the infraction is a violation of a significant safety rule relating to prevention of serious danger to the workplace or other employees. 4. A performance evaluation or a counseling memo is not in and of itself discipline.