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Disciplinary Meeting Script for Managers

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Document updated: 10 Sep 2026

What the resource helps with

This script helps you conduct a disciplinary meeting in a structured and consistent way while giving the employee a fair opportunity to respond. It helps you cover the allegations, consider relevant information, adjourn before deciding and communicate the outcome and appeal rights clearly.

What's included

A manager script covering meeting introductions, representation, discussing allegations and evidence, employee responses, adjournments, reconvening, warnings, dismissal outcomes, final pay and property arrangements, and appeal rights.

When to Use the Resource

Use when chairing a formal disciplinary meeting and you need practical prompts to guide the discussion from opening the hearing through to communicating the outcome.

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