Workforce Management
The legal benefits from making the effort to explain a disciplinary action far outweigh the discomfort that may be involved. By James Kingma
Workforce Management Online, December 2010
Employers are not legally required to give employees the reason for a disciplinary action, such as a discharge.
So, why bother? The employee may become angry or ask difficult questions. Confrontations are never fun. That said, the substantial legal benefits from making the effort to explain a disciplinary action far outweigh the discomfort that may be involved. When an employee is discharged and no reason is given, the individual is left to make assumptions that may not be accurate. One of those assumptions is that the individual has been discriminated against or subjected to an unfair action.
Full Story: http://www.workforce.com/archive/feature/legal/regarding-disciplinary-action-toward-employee-is-honesty/index.php
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