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zQ <br />follow the same steps as set forth for an oral <br />warning; <br />(2) Tell the employee that they will receive <br />a written warning covering all significant <br />points of this conference; <br />(3) Prepare and send to the employee a <br />written warning covering significant points of <br />the disciplinary conference; care should be taken <br />to include the specific reasons for the warning. <br />NOTE: Reference may be made in this warning <br />to document an earlier oral warning. <br />.4.3.3 Final Written Warning Before issuing the <br />New Appendix final written warning, the supervisor and <br />1, Item 3 department head should review the contents of <br />the warning. The following steps shall be taken <br />in issuing a final written warning: <br />(1) Prepare a final written warning to the <br />employee; care should be taken to include the <br />specific reasons for the warning; <br />(2) In private, conduct a disciplinary <br />conference with the employee; at this conference, <br />the specific reason for the.action, the <br />necessary improvements <br />should be discussed; <br />(3) Present the warning to the employee at the <br />end of the conference; the employee should be <br />informed, either orally or in a warning, that <br />the failure to correct the unsatisfactory <br />performance may result in dismissal. <br />Deleted During the period after a final written warning <br />has been given, the department head may <br />choose to counsel with the employee concerning <br />employment status before a decision to dismiss is <br />made. Such counseling should involve a <br />discussion of the necessity for the employee's <br />commitment to improve performance. As a part <br />of this counseling, the department head may <br />request the employee to take up to a day's <br />leave with pay to consider whether or not the <br />employee wishes to continue employment with the <br />County. This time away from the job site shall <br />not be charged to the employee's vacation or <br />sick leave; it shall be considered as the <br />employee's assignment for that time not at the <br />normal.job site. It should be stressed to the <br />employee that 'a decision to continue <br />