Recorded Webinar: Managing Staff Performance in the Age of Adverse Action Claims

Legitimate performance management of employees should be a straightforward process. However, complications can, and do, arise when performance management coincides with the employee lodging a complaint or grievance, or extended stress leave. If not properly handled, these issues can lead to time-consuming and costly adverse action claims. This session covers how employers can navigate the perilous path between performance management and adverse action claims, including:

• How can the general protection provisions be used by an employee subject to performance management?

• Dealing with an opportunistic employee who quickly lodges a complaint or grievance following performance management

• Performance management followed by long-term stress leave:

  • how can you get the performance management process back on track?

  • minimising the risks in the performance management process when extended leave is involved

  • when should you seek medical evidence?

• Steps you can take to safeguard the decisions and actions taken in the legitimate performance management process, including termination

• A review of recent case law