3. Final warning: If the employee does not follow the written solutions noted in the second step, a final warning conference is held. In that conference, the supervisor again emphasizes to the employee the importance of correcting the inappropriate actions. Some firms require the employee to take a day off with pay to develop a specific written action plan to remedy the problem behaviors.

The decision day off emphasizes the seriousness of the problem and the manager’s determination to see that the behavior is changed.