After the manager speaks with the other employees, the allegation is verified. On the surface, it appears that the manager has all of the facts to base their decision on what to do. As you reflect, two other ways may include to firstly, looking at work records of the accused employee. The second act might to speak directly with the accused employee without making any accusations. This type of meeting may turn up some very interesting additional facts.
Fact finding can be very time consuming and challenging.
But the trouble you take is usually well worth it. The more objective you can be in gathering the facts will assist you to uncover even some of the most insignificant details that may turn out to be important. Once you have gathered all of the facts, rank them in order of importance. It will be very helpful, if at this point, you right out all of the facts before you rank them. Number them as you rank them.