Additional Case 14.2
Gloria, an employee at Hamilton Resources, which is a unionized company, has performance and absenteeism problems. Gloria's manager, Dean, wants to fire her immediately. As the HR manager at Hamilton, you explain to Dean that he needs to try to improve the employee's performance first and save termination as a last resort.
Sometime later, the CEO asks you to review and update the firm's employee discipline process. He wants to give employees as much responsibility for their own performance improvement as possible. He is also willing to invest in management training to ensure the best and most fair process. As HR manager, you will be responsible for training managers on the new discipline process.
-Refer to Additional Case 14.2.During the process of training managers,you should most likely make which of the following statements to ensure that they discipline fairly?

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Collecting enough convincing evidence is crucial to justify any disciplinary action and to avoid legal issues. This ensures that the discipline process is fair and consistent for all employees. Peer review and consideration of mitigating circumstances are also important, but they may not be applicable in all situations. Limiting communication with the disciplined employee may result in misunderstandings and hinder the improvement process.

Additional Case 14.2 Gloria, an Employee at Hamilton Resources, Which Is a Unionized