Yesterday my supervisor called me for a meeting and gave me a written warning that alleged I acted unprofessionally with my colleagues. I did nothing wrong. What should I do?
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Answer by Kate Luckman, Dulwich Hill 2203 NSW
- The steps you can take to place yourself in the best position going forward are:
- make sure that you fully understand the allegation being made against you;
- if you do not understand ask your employer to provide details of the allegation in writing;
- sometimes for confidentiality reasons the employer cannot provide names of other employees if they made allegations against you;
- provide your employer with a written response which should be placed on your employee file; and
- if you are certain that you did not act as alleged, respond accordingly.
- You can request in writing that the warning be removed from your employee file. Even if it is not removed it is important that the correspondence is kept on your file so that if there are future employment concerns your objection to the previous warning is fully documented.