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SECTION 2.11
TERMS & CONDITIONS
Disciplinary policy: procedure & rules
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Stage 2 – Written Warning
If the offence is deemed serious, or if a further offence occurs, or
performance does not improve, a written warning will be given to the
employee by his or her Supervising College Officer or Head of
Department. This will outline details of the complaint, and, if
circumstances warrant the level of improvement required and over what
time scale. It will warn that further action under Stage 3 will be
considered if there is no satisfactory improvement or if there is any
repetition of misconduct and will advise of the right of appeal. A copy of
the written warning will be held on the personnel file but will be
disregarded for disciplinary purposes after one year or such further period
of time as is explained in the written warning, provided that we are
satisfied with an employee’s ongoing conduct and performance.
Stage 3 – Final Written Warning
Disciplinary procedure
stages
If there is still a failure to improve and the level of conduct or performance
is still unsatisfactory, or if the misconduct or performance is sufficiently
serious to warrant only one written warning but not serious enough to
justify dismissal (in effect both first and final written warning), a final
written warning will normally be given to the employee. In most cases this
warning will be issued by the Bursar or Domus Bursar and will give details
of the complaint, will warn that dismissal will result if there is no
satisfactory improvement, and will advise of the right of appeal. A copy of
this final written warning will be held on the personnel file but will
normally be disregarded for disciplinary purposes after one year, or such
further period of time as is explained in the written warning, provided that
we are satisfied with an employee’s ongoing conduct and performance.
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