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Performance improvement procedure

A model performance improvement procedure setting out how employers should address underperformance where informal management and feedback have not resolved concerns.

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By Darren Newman, Brightmine Consultant Editor

This model performance improvement procedure helps employers manage underperformance fairly and consistently where issues have not been resolved through day‑to‑day management, setting out a structured process to support improvement.

When to use this model underperformance policy

Use this model policy when an employee is underperforming and concerns about their performance have not been resolved through day-to-day line management and feedback.

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Darren Newman, Employment Lawyer at Brightmine

Darren Newman
Employment Lawyer, Brightmine

Darren Newman is an employment lawyer and consultant editor at Brightmine. He qualified at the Bar in 1990, and has extensive experience of representing both employers and employees in the employment tribunal. Darren has provided employment law training to major government departments, commercial organisations, local authorities and public bodies.

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