Test for Consistent Treatment

Made for Human Resources Specialists

Test for Consistent Treatment

35 min Intermediate Decisions Improve Operations Need to Compare Options

Test whether a proposed performance, attendance, or conduct response lines up with comparable cases and has a clear reason for any difference.

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Use this when

You're reviewing a proposed warning, coaching step, attendance response, performance action, or conduct decision and need to check how similar cases were handled.

You'll need

  • Current case facts
  • Proposed response
  • Policy and guidance history
  • Comparable cases
  • Manager practices
  • Decision constraints

You'll get

  • Current case facts separated from assumptions
  • Strong comparators distinguished from weak comparators
  • Material differences tied to the proposed treatment
  • Policy and manager-practice conflicts flagged
  • Missing facts listed before a final decision
  • Recommended action and decision rationale documented

By the end of this playbook

You will have:

  • Current case facts separated from assumptions
  • Strong comparators distinguished from weak comparators
  • Material differences tied to the proposed treatment
  • Policy and manager-practice conflicts flagged
  • Missing facts listed before a final decision
  • Recommended action and decision rationale documented

Sample

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Sample input

Current case: An employee had one no-call, no-show after two attendance events in six weeks. One earlier event was approved leave, and one was a late call-out. The manager says verbal coaching occurred, but the note was added three weeks later.
Proposed response: Final written warning.
Policy: Approved leave doesn't count as a violation. A no-call, no-show may move discipline ahead by one step.
Comparators: One employee received a written warning after a no-call, no-show and documented prior coaching. Another received coaching for a first no-call, no-show with no prior attendance action.
Practice: The manager commonly skips to a final warning, while other managers at the location usually issue a written warning first.

Sample assembled prompt

Comparator finding: The case with a...
The approved leave shouldn't be...
The late call-out may count, but...
Material differences: - Prior coaching in...
- The current case includes an...
- Local manager practice differs, but...
Risk assessment: A final warning carries...
Recommendation: Adjust the proposed response to...
Ask senior HR to review the...
Case-record rationale: After removing approved leave...
The final-warning proposal isn't supported...

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