Can You Get a Warning Letter Without a Show-Cause Notice? Let's Discuss!

Hi,

Can a warning letter be issued without a show-cause notice against a complaint?

Regards,
Aanchal

Unless charges are not proved or not accepted by the employee/worker, you cannot issue a warning letter to the employee/worker.

Prashant
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Hi Aanchal,

As has been correctly pointed out by our friends, a warning letter cannot be issued until the charges of misconduct are proved against an employee in question. However, a warning or a letter of caution may be issued to an employee, even before a domestic inquiry, who has committed an act of misconduct, not so severe in nature, in order to give the employee a chance to rectify themselves from such acts in the future if the Standing Orders/Service Rules by which the employee is governed provide as such.

Dear Anchal,

These are all the same letters, depending on the stages at which they are being issued. Normally, we have to ask for a reason for the misconduct, and it becomes a SHOW CAUSE NOTICE. Then, based on the reply, he/she has to be given a warning letter banning or prohibiting the person from the so-called misdeed. The third letter can be a termination letter, no doubt. It all depends on the Company's Standing Orders.

Regards,
Viswanathan

Dear Anchal,

Basically, a warning is a form of punishment, and no punishment can be given without proving the charges. It can be proven after a domestic enquiry. However, we can advise individuals for misconduct, which is the other side of the same coin.

Regards,
J. S. Malik