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Can I dismiss my aggressive employee?
Labour Bulletin | 5 March, 2009 | Hot Topics:
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Can I dismiss my aggressive employee?
Question
One of our employees is behaving very aggressively towards the foreman and his fellow workers.
This behaviour happens every time he is short of money or has no money. He owes money to a bank and it deducts what he owes automatically from his bank account, but he believes this is the company’s fault.
I’ve offered to help him several times by asking him to get a bank statement of his account so that we can maybe ask that he pay less on his loan, but he doesn’t respond to the offer.
He also often leaves work in the middle of the day and doesn’t come to work the following day.
His behaviour is completely unacceptable and affects our production in the workshop.
How do we handle this situation?
Answer
The employee must be called to account for his actions and disciplined accordingly.
Level disciplinary charges against him and call him to a disciplinary hearing. If he’s found guilty of misconduct at the disciplinary hearing, you can issue him with a written warning or a final written warning depending on how serious the issues are and what your disciplinary code says (if you have one). You can level charges of rude, abusive and aggressive behaviour and absence from work without permission etc.
Ultimately, if the employee doesn’t change his ways, despite a final warning, you may be able to dismiss him.
Until next time...
Sarah-Jane Bosch
Managing Editor
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