employee discipline

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Ghosted by Your Employee? How to Handle No-Shows, Verbal Quits, and Job Abandonment

Nov 3, 2025

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14 min read

Ghosted by Your Employee? How to Handle No-Shows, Verbal Quits, and Job Abandonment

When an employee disappears—or walks out with no notice—here's what to document and what to do next.

Lee Jacobs

employee documentation

Complaint Containment: How to Handle Employee Concerns Without Creating Legal Risk

Sep 9, 2025

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12 min read

Complaint Containment: How to Handle Employee Concerns Without Creating Legal Risk

Employees don't need to be right to sue—just mistreated after raising concerns. Here's how to handle complaints the right way and avoid retaliation claims that cost big.

Lee Jacobs

employee documentation

Performance Anxiety: Undocumented Coaching

Sep 2, 2025

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7 min read

Performance Anxiety: Undocumented Coaching

When good employees go bad—slowly—and you have no paper trail.

Lee Jacobs

employee documentation

Email Isn't Enough: Why Verbal and Digital Feedback Still Needs to Be Documented

Aug 18, 2025

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7 min read

Email Isn't Enough: Why Verbal and Digital Feedback Still Needs to Be Documented

Coaching by conversation is good—but without documentation, it might as well have never happened.

Lee Jacobs

compliance risks

Discipline Disasters: What Happens When You Skip the Paper Trail

Aug 11, 2025

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8 min read

Discipline Disasters: What Happens When You Skip the Paper Trail

How informal discipline, missing notes, or untrained managers can turn a simple issue into a six-figure lawsuit.

Lee Jacobs