An employee is given a formal written warning for an offense he has committed. Despite this, he proceeds to commit another offense. Which of the following is the most likely organizational response if the organization has adopted a progressive discipline program? Termination Last change notification Threat of temporary suspension Temporary suspension An informal verbal warning

The answer is Threat of temporary suspension.

Explanation:

Progressive discipline refers to the process of using increasingly severe measures in dealing with an employee that has failed to correct a problem after he/she has been given an opportunity to do so.

The underlying principle of a sound progressive discipline program is to use the action which is least severe and which is believed to be adequate in correcting the undesirable situation.

The severity of the disciplinary action is increased only when the undesirable condition is not corrected.

Therefore, in the scenario given above, the next severe step among the options is a Threat of temporary suspension.

temporary suspension and maybe an Improvement Plan.

Explanation:

Based on the scenario, if the company has adopted a progressive discipline program then the according response would be a temporary suspension and maybe an Improvement Plan. This is because a progressive discipline program follows the following steps accordingly.

1) Verbal Counseling. The first step in a progressive discipline process is to merely have a conversation with the employee ...

2) Written Warning. The second step should be another conversation that is documented in a written format ...

3) Employee Suspension and Improvement Plan ...

4) Termination.

Seeing since step 2 has already been done the next course of action would be step 3.