Introduction Progressive discipline process is a guiding tool used in most organizations by the human resource to address disciplinary issues within the organization. Such issues include; employee absenteeism, work failures, lateness, insubordination, violation of countries policies and all others kind of misconduct. Objectives of Progressive discipline process Most importantly, the role of progressive discipline process is to assist organization managers to easily identify employee’s behavior and performance problems. It also assists managers to fairly reach proper disciplinary actions against employees who have been convicted in any form of misconduct. Supervisors and managers also use this tool to clearly understand their legal roles and responsibility when handling progressive discipline matters (“Performance improvement and progressive discipline” p.6). This is possible because the discipline process provides a proper methodology for handling all types of employee’s misconduct legally and according to the labor laws. Progressive discipline process Notable to mention is that, it is not mandatory for supervisors and managers to always proceed through each every step in every case (“Performance improvement and progressive discipline” p.6). There are some cases which don’t require step by step approach, for example termination or suspension cases. For proper accomplishment in this process, the organization must utilize an expertise human resource manager. Once an employee has been convicted, the employees and the employee associations must first be notified on the case through a hand written document or email (“Performance improvement and progressive discipline” p.6). They should also be updated on every step the employee will go through the entire disciplinary process. All this documents must be kept in the employee’s personal file found in the HR. Rights and standards involved in Progressive discipline process Convicted employees who have been summoned for misconduct or misbehavior have a right to have full union representation. Employees also have a right to launch an appeal for unsatisfied ruling. Basing on (“Performance improvement and progressive discipline” p.11) the investigating team must also inform the senior managers of all allegation imposed against the employee. Once approved, they should arrange the date, time and place of meeting the employee. Minutes of the meeting must be recorded for smooth progressive use. The employer must provide sufficient just cause standards to justify all allegations against the convicted employee. Sufficient investigations must be conducted to gather enough and certain evidence against the employee. Steps involved in progressive discipline process Progressive discipline process involves several steps that must be followed in a progressive manner. Verbal reprimand step This is the first step involved in progressive discipline process. It is used for less serious employee’s offences. It involves the organization manager meeting the employee and describes the convicted unacceptable behavior the employee engaged into. According to (“Performance improvement and progressive discipline” p.15) the supervisor also ensures that the employees are aware of the exp