HR Glossary

What is Progressive Discipline?

A workplace policy that applies increasingly severe consequences for repeated misconduct or performance failures, starting with a verbal warning and escalating through written warnings, suspension, and potentially termination.

Why it matters in hiring

Progressive Discipline comes up whenever teams compare candidates, set policy or report on people data. Getting the definition right keeps decisions consistent, which is the same reason springhire scores every applicant against the same criteria rather than on impression.

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