“Staff who persistently challenge and undermine their employer’s authority and do so publicly need to be taken through the disciplinary procedure,” argues HR Zone member Jane Thompson. How do you manage staff who rebel against the values of the business?
Lynn Smith, a training manager working in the voluntary sector, suggests an employer who wishes to identify the extent of the problem needs to ask the following questions:
These questions could lead on to many more, and only when I had these answered these would I decide which route to take.
Utimately if they are bringing the organisation into disrepute and damaging the organisation’s reputation, and the organisation has a policy or procedure that staff were informed about, then grievance or disciplinary procedures should be considered.
As to helping organisations getting into this situation in the first place I would advise good employment practice, management, staff relations and maybe even some training for all levels of management and staff.
