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| Profit sharing: In this case, employees share in the financial gain resulting from increased productivity or added value. A.16 Employee Discipline To maintain discipline is to make sure that everyone obeys and complies with the rules and regulations for the collective smooth running of the organisation. In doing so, exceptional behaviours are recognised and rewarded and bad ones are identified and given different degrees of punishment. We define discipline as the situation where people obey rules or standards of behaviour established by the organisation. Disciplinary procedures refer to the procedures or logical steps to betaken before disciplinary action is taken against an employee who infringes the rules or standards of behaviour. The process of effectively punishing errant, unacceptable and deviant behaviours and actions among employee is known as disciplinary action. The disciplinary policy should state that employees have the right to know what is expected of them and what could happen if they infringe the organization’s rules. It would also make the point that, in handling disciplinary cases, the organization will treat employees in accordance with the principles of natural justice. The company is responsible for ensuring that up-to-date rules are published and available to all employees. A.16.1 Features of Effective Discipline Discipline can only be effective if, in the presence of both the worker and the employer, it is seen to be applied fairly with the framework of the laid down legislation. To ensure that discipline is applied fairly, procedural and substantive fairness is very important. The most important features that ensure procedural fairness is given below ab The offence: The employee must be informed of the nature of the offence and the details of the complaint. b) Timely discipline: The disciplinary action must betaken within a reasonable period after the offence has been discovered. If the management does not act timely, it may seem that the behaviour is being condoned. c) Download 3.37 Mb. Share with your friends:
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