Your Assignment Type: Standard Question
Currently Working in Childcare? No
Your knowledge: Beginner
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Zennie (EC teacher and preschool Room Leader) informs her Director, Trish, that she is unhappy with Sara (Certificate III trainee). Zennie has documented a number of concerns about Sara: laziness, lack of initiative, tasks avoidance, failing to complete assigned workplace assessment tasks on time and a general lack of interest in her job.
Zennie has documented the various strategies she has put in place to address these issues, none of which have made any real difference to Sara’s performance or attitude. Zennie asks Trish to give Sara a formal warning to improve her performance or face termination of her traineeship.
Trish spends the following week quietly observing Sara and is able to confirm Zennie’s assessment of her performance. Trish arranges a meeting with Zennie and Sara to discuss their concerns and issues the formal warning. Trish and Zennie work through the documentation on Sara’s performance and give Sara the opportunity to respond. Sara complains that Zennie is too harsh and expects too much by way of performance. Throughout the meeting Sara is sullen and defensive. When Sara is given the formal warning she storms out of the room. Ten minutes later she leaves the workplace.
The next day Trish receives a telephone call from the union representative requesting a meeting with a view to implementing a grievance procedure process on behalf of Sara, who claims she is being victimised and treated unfairly.
At the meeting the union representative concedes that Trish acted appropriately and in accordance with the organisation’s written procedures. However, the representative asks for the formal warning to be withdrawn, arguing that Sara is young and should be given a chance to redeem herself. Trish, Zennie and the employer are unanimous – they will not withdraw the formal warning.
d. What reason could Trish, Zennie and the employer give for not withdrawing the formal warning?
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