No federal or state law requires you to create and follow a progressive discipline policy. However, courts often come down hard on employers that promise progressive discipline but fail to deliver it.

In most non-tenure based settings, managers use “progressive discipline” to address many employee issues. Progressive discipline is the practice of establishing a series of steps of escalating ...

Even when the standards for performance and behavior on the job are clearly communicated, most managers find themselves dealing with a problem employee at some point in their career. Dismissal might ...