Employee Discipline: What Every Manager Needs to Know
On-Demand Webinar:
StreamedSep 30, 2026Duration90 minutes
- Unlimited & shareable access starting two business days after live stream
- Available on desktop, mobile & tablet devices 24/7
- Take-away toolkit
- Ability to download webinar video
- Presenter's contact info for questions
Strong leaders address performance issues before they become organizational risks.
Learn how to confidently manage employee discipline with consistent, legally sound practices that strengthen accountability, reduce risk, and support a respectful workplace.
KEY WEBINAR TAKEAWAYS
- Documenting employee issues effectively by creating clear, objective records that support coaching, corrective action, and employment decisions
- How to handle difficult disciplinary conversations professionally with practical techniques that improve communication, preserve dignity, and encourage accountability
- Common legal pitfalls including inconsistent treatment, inadequate documentation, retaliation concerns, and wrongful termination risks
BONUS MATERIALS
- Employee discipline decision framework
- Progressive discipline documentation toolkit
- Employee discipline investigation worksheet
- Difficult conversation planner and manager scripts
- Employee discipline consistency and legal risk review checklist
WEBINAR DETAILS
Managing employee performance is one of the most difficult and legally sensitive responsibilities of every supervisor. Whether addressing attendance problems, performance deficiencies, misconduct, or policy violations, managers must balance accountability with fairness while minimizing legal and organizational risk.
This practical webinar will provide supervisors, managers, HR professionals, and executives with the knowledge and tools needed to handle disciplinary issues confidently and consistently. Participants will learn how to recognize when coaching should become discipline, properly document performance concerns, conduct effective disciplinary meetings, avoid common legal pitfalls, and support a workplace culture built on accountability and respect.
Using real-world examples and practical guidance, this session will focus on what managers need to know before discipline becomes a lawsuit, grievance, or employee relations crisis.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
- Human resources professionals
- Executives
- Department managers
- Frontline supervisors
- Branch managers
- Executive leadership
- Risk management
- Anyone responsible for supervising employees, managing performance, or making disciplinary decisions
TAKE-AWAY TOOLKIT
- Employee training log
- Interactive quiz
- PDF of slides and speaker’s contact info for follow-up questions
- Attendance certificate provided to self-report CE credits
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Presented By

Reed & Jolly, PLLC
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