Tips for drafting a Notice to Explain (NTE)

One of the hardest things to do as a leader is making sure your team moves in one direction. When a team member goes another way or breaks the rules, it's the leader's job to get them back on track. But how do you call them out on their mistake?

Under the labor code, you do this by issuing a Notice to Explain. It's the first step to give employees due process before imposing penalties. But not a lot of people know how to do this. Take our website reader who asks:

"Attorney, one of my employees is habitually late. He did it again for the 3rd time this week. I will have to penalize him and I know that I have to send him a Notice to explain. Do you have any tips for drafting that?"

If you want to learn how to keep your team accountable the legal way, stick around as we share 3 tips for you. Stay tuned.