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[MAY INCLUDE A PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE, BUT MAKE SURE POLICY DOES NOT REQUIRE EMPLOYER TO FOLLOW DISCIPLINARY STEPS. POLICY SHOULD STATE THAT THE STEPS MAY BE FOLLOWED. ALSO BE SURE TO REITERATE THAT EMPLOYMENT IS AT WILL] PROGI $SSIVE AJSCIPLINE The purpose of this policy is to state the City of 's position on administering equitable and consistent.iiscipline for unsatisfactory conduct in the work place. The City's own best interests lie in insuring fair treatment of all employees and in making certain that disciplinary actions are prompt, uniform, and impartial. The primary purposes of any disciplinary action are to correct the problem, prevent recurrence, and prepare the employee for satisfactory service in the future. Although employment with the City of is based on mutual consent, and both the employee and the City have the right to terminate employment at will,with or without cause or advance notice, the City may use progressive discipline at its discretion. Disciplinary action may call for any of four steps (i) oral warning, (ii) written warning, (iii) suspension with or without pay, or (iv) termination of employment depending on the severity of the problem and the number of occurrences. Employees may be suspended with or without pay, pending an investigation. There may be circumstances when one or more steps arc bypassed. Progressive discipline means that, with respect to most disciplinary problems, these steps will usually be followed: a first offense may call for an oral warning; a next offense may be followed by a written warning; another offense may lead to a suspension; and, still another offense may then lead to termination of employment The City recognizes that there are certain types of employee problems that are serious enough to justify either a suspension or termination of employment without going through the usual progremivc discipline steps. While it is impossible to list every type of behavior that may be deemed a serious offense, the Rules of Conduct in this handbook include examples of problems that may result in immediate suspension or termination of employment. However, the problems listed are not all necessarily serious offenses, but may be examples of unsatisfactory conduct that will trigger progressive discipline. By using progressive discipline, we hope that most employee problems will be corrected at an early stage, benefiting both the employee and the City of . CARtSK 169A14 MU21Q-111 619-d 90/10'd 8P9-1 01£61E£Z19+ N3AVS9 V AO3NN3N-W0Ad 81:81 68-0E-80