How to deal with capability and/or performance issues with staff: Part 2

In this episode 171 of the podcast I continue the series about dealing with capability and performance issues with staff. With what I am calling, the ‘Covid effect’, there may be more issues arising with employee attitudes and performance at work, particularly as staff return from long term furlough.

In my experience employers and managers find it very difficult to know how best to approach capability and performance issues. It is not the same as a conduct issue which can be fairly straightforward to follow a disciplinary process. Capability procedures are more involved and can have a variety of issues that arise as a result.

In this episode of the podcast I cover:

• How to prepare for the formal capability / performance process.
• The steps you need to follow with a formal process.
• What you should include in your ‘investigation’ into performance / capability issues.
• What you need to include in the letter to the employee inviting them to the hearing.
• What you should say at the outset of the meeting with the employee.
• How to handle the meeting.
• What you need to do to follow up with the employee.
• What happens if the employee still does not improve following each stage of the process.

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