8-30-330 - Progressive discipline. - Tennessee Statutes

8-30-330. Progressive discipline.

(a)  The supervisor is responsible for maintaining the proper performance level, conduct, and discipline of the employees under the supervisor's supervision. When corrective action is necessary, the supervisor must administer disciplinary action beginning at the lowest appropriate step for each area of misconduct.

(b)  Any written warning or written follow-up to an oral warning which has been issued to an employee shall be automatically expunged from the employee's personnel file after a period of two (2) years; provided, that the employee has had no further disciplinary actions with respect to the same area of performance, conduct, and discipline.

(c)  When corrective action is necessary, the supervisor must administer disciplinary action beginning at the step appropriate to the infraction or performance. Subsequent infractions or poor performance may result in more severe discipline in accordance with subsection (a).

[Acts 1986, ch. 869, § 12.]