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1. Type the Plan Name.
2. Click  to select the Effective Date.
3. Type the number of Discipline Buffer Days.

4. Type the number of days for the Review Period.
   
   
   ^{Fig.2 Maintain Discipline Plan - Adding Plan}

    

   Discipline Plan Field Descriptions

   Field	Description
   Plan Name	Type a Discipline name, which is alphanumeric (Combination of Alphabets and Numbers).
   Effective Date	Date which the plan will become effective. Effective Date defaults to tomorrow’s date. Past Dates cannot be selected.
   Discipline Buffer Days	Number of days after the review period is over before the calculation is run. This allows clerks to enter any missing delays or indirects before the plan runs. This value can be changed before the plan runs and will take effect immediately without having to restart the system.
   Review Period	Defines the number of days that will be reviewed for discipline.
   Discipline on Learning Curve	If checked, employees on learning curves will be disciplined as well as those who are not on a learning curve.

   ^{Table 2. Discipline Plan Field Descriptions}
    

5. Click the 'Steps' tab to assign discipline steps to the plan.
   
   
   
   ^{Fig.3 Maintain Discipline Plan - Discipline Steps}

    

   Steps Field Descriptions

   Field	Description
   Incent on Discipline Step	Select this check box if you want to provide a recommended step level.
   Step Level	Type the steps below which an employee would be considered for incentive.
   Fixed Duration	Type the decay duration in days. This represents how long a step level will take to decrement one level.

   ^{Table 3. Steps Field Descriptions}
    

6. Click 'Add New Step' link and a popup screen appears.
   
   
   <sup>Fig.4 Maintain Discipline Plan - Adding New Step
   
   
   Fig.5 Maintain Discipline Plan - Adding Steps</sup>

    

7. Type the Step Level and Step Name and click . The step level and step name are updated in the Level and Name fields in the Maintain Discipline Plan screen.
    

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   To delete Steps, click Delete check box next to the step level.

8. Type in the number of days for a step level to decay in the Fixed Duration field.
   
   
   ^{Fig.6 Maintain Discipline Plan - Step Levels}

    

9. Click 'Criteria' tab to assign thresholds to the plan.
   
   
   ^{Fig.7 Maintain Discipline Plan - Criteria}

    

   Criteria Field Descriptions

   Field	Description
   Minimum Hours Requirement	Type the minimum hours required for an employee to be eligible for discipline.
   Performance Threshold	Type the expected performance, in percentage, an employee must maintain. Employees with a performance below this threshold (not at it) will be flagged for discipline.
   Quality Threshold	If this check box is selected, quality will also be considered when determining if an employee will be disciplined.
   No. of Errors	Type the number of acceptable errors for the plan. If the number of errors an employee has is more than (not equal to) this value, they will be flagged for discipline.
   Measured As	Type the threshold error Percentage and select Units as the UOM.
   Rolling Average	Type the Rolling Average and select Days as the duration.

   ^{Table 4. Criteria Field Descriptions}
   
   

10. Type in the minimum required hours.
11. Type in the expected performance in percent.
12. If quality will also be considered, type in the number of errors, percent of errors, or rolling average.

13. Find and highlight the activities that will be considered for discipline. Select the 'Add' arrow to move the activities into the 'Included Activities' section.
     

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    Selecting the Independent Criteria for Home Activities check box will separate the performance and quality expectations for Home vs Non-Home activities. This allows employees to be held to a different expectation in what is considered their Home activities. Each employee's Home activities are configured in the Employee screen.

14. Click 'Plan Employee' tab to assign employees to the plan.
    
    
    ^{Fig.8 Maintain Discipline Plan - Assign Employees}

     

15. Click 'Select Employee' link and the Select Employee screen appears.
    
    
    ^{Fig.9 Maintain Discipline Plan - Select Employees}

     

16. Search for the employees from the list and click the check box next to the name.

17. Click  and the selected employees will be populated in the 'Select Employee' section. To remove an employee from the plan, select the Delete check box next to the name.
    
    
    ^{Fig.10 Maintain Discipline Plan - Selected Employees}

     

    Click  to save the plan.

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