Section 313.09. Discipline.

 

(1)   Chapter DOC 303 applies to all employees of the prison industries. Prison industries staff shall prepare an incident report for a violation of ch. DOC 303 and forward the incident report to appropriate staff at the prison where the employee is confined.

(2)  Prison industries may impose discipline for any violation of a work rule as set forth in s. DOC 313.08 which occurs on or off the job, whether or not the violation constitutes a violation of ch. DOC 303 .

(3)  A prison industries supervisor may discipline an employee for violations of work rules in accordance with the following progressive discipline procedure:

(a) The minimum response to a first violation shall be a verbal warning with a notation in the employee's file.

(b) The minimum response to a second violation shall be a written reprimand.

(c) The minimum response to a third violation shall be a 3 day suspension without pay.

(4)  Prison industries supervisors may terminate an employee's employment for a violation of a work rule as provided in s. DOC 313.10 .

(5)  This disciplinary procedure applies only to employees who have completed their probationary period. Employees on probation may be terminated at the discretion of the supervisor.

(6)  An employee may appeal a discipline or termination decision made under this section through the inmate complaint review system under ch. DOC 310 .

(7)  After 12 consecutive months without a violation, an employee's record may be expunged of a violation for which discipline of less than time-off was assigned.

History: Cr. Register, March, 1994 , eff. 4-1-94.