Training Courses

Managing Discipline and Grievance

Course Aims:

This course is designed to develop practical skills in managing work place discipline and grievance. The course uses actual cases as learning examples and encourages participants to discuss the disciplinary issues that they currently face. This module is linked with your own HR procedures.

Course Objectives:

At the end of this course participants will be able to:
  • Understand the disciplinary and grievance processes.
  • Conduct a disciplinary interview effectively.
  • Manage discipline more effectively in their work area.

Duration:

1 Day

What is Discipline?
  • Performance management and discipline
  • Purpose of discipline
  • Misconduct and gross misconduct
Key Principles
  • Setting standards
  • Being specific
  • Focussing on behaviour and results
  • Using progressive discipline
The Disciplinary Interview
  • Purpose
  • Preparation
  • Conduct
  • Follow up
The Disciplinary Process
  • This section is tailored to the organisation’s own disciplinary and grievance procedures.
Managing disagreements
  • Model for disagreements
  • Tips for managing disagreements
  • Exercises
Skills practice
  • Disciplinary interview practice
Action Planning
  • Transferring learning back to the workplace
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