Progressive discipline is not applicable in every instance where disciplinary action is warranted ... is an OPTIONAL step in the disciplinary process. Suspending employees as punishment is not ...

The progressive discipline process is designed to be constructive and corrective and to promote employee success. It gives employees the information necessary to understand what aspect of work ...

3.04 Progressive Discipline: is a process intended to raise the employee's awareness of the problem and the need to change based on an escalation of the consequences for failure to comply. 3.05 ...

In a recent decision the Navajo Supreme Court ruled that an employer had just cause to terminate an employee even though it had not walked through the routine progressive discipline process ...