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day of receiving notification. If the employee fails to attend due to
unforeseen circumstances, the meeting will be rearranged. However
if the employee fails to attend the re-arranged meeting without good
reason, a decision may be taken in the employee’s absence. In the
event that the employee’s chosen companion is unavailable at the
time proposed for the meeting by AllPro Recruitment, the meeting
will be postponed provided the employee proposes an alternative
time which is reasonable; which falls within five working days of the
day proposed by AllPro Recruitment;
7.1.8 At each stage of the disciplinary procedure the employee will be given
the opportunity to state his/her case;
7.1.9 Although disciplinary action will normally follow the progressive
stages, the procedure may be implemented at any stage if the alleged
misconduct warrants such action. For example, there may be
occasions when a form of misconduct or failure in performance is
considered to be insufficiently serious to warrant dismissal but
sufficiently serious to warrant only one (1) warning. In effect a first
(1st) and formal warning;
7.1.10 No employee will be dismissed for a first (1st) breach of discipline
except in the case of gross misconduct when the penalty may be
summary dismissal without notice or payment in lieu of having to
work notice; and
7.1.11 All matters relating to the disciplinary procedure are strictly
confidential to the parties and their representatives involved and
breaches of this confidentiality may in itself result in disciplinary
action.

7.2 Informal Discipline

7.2.1 Minor problems of conduct should be dealt with informally and
discreetly. An appropriate quiet word to a staff member may be
enough to correct minor habits such as poor time keeping. This also
serves as a warning to the employee that if the situation does not
change then disciplinary action will follow.

7.3 Disciplinary penalties

The penalties AllPro Recruitment may invoke are as follows:

7.4 Verbal Warning

7.4.1 An employee will receive a verbal warning if the employee fails to
respond to earlier informal discipline or to maintain an acceptable
standard in such matters as behaviour, absenteeism, time keeping or
appearance. After meeting the employee, the manager will, if deemed
appropriate, advise the employee, that a formal verbal warning is
necessary and that this will be put on the employee’s personnel file.
The employee will also be advised of the reason for the warning, that

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