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Labor/Employment

May 8, 2019

Five misunderstandings about disciplining employees

In working with employers of various sizes, backgrounds, sophistication, and industries, there is some confusion and simple misunderstanding about what constitutes employee discipline and how employers should document employee performance issues and discipline.

Anthony Zaller

Founding Partner
Zaller Law Group

Email: azaller@zallerlaw.com

Anthony focuses his practice on helping companies navigate California employment laws and litigation defense.

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In working with employers of various sizes, backgrounds, sophistication, and industries, there is some confusion and simple misunderstanding about what constitutes employee discipline and how employers should document employee performance issues and discipline. Here are five common misunderstandings about discipline and documentation:

1. If it was not a formal write-up put in the employee's personnel file, then t...

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