bpv GRIGORESCU ŞTEFĂNICĂ is pleased to invite you to a new event in the “DOUBLE ESPRESSO” series, where they aim to answer one of the most difficult questions in HR practice: How should we deal with underperforming employees?

Professional underperformance is not expressly regulated by the Labor Code, yet it remains a reality familiar to every organization. It lacks a clear legal definition and remains outside any consistent framework of interpretation. While frequently conflated with insufficient competence, underperformance may also manifest as a subtler form of resistance: the refusal to assume one’s role, disengagement from collective benchmarks, or an inability to operate within a professional environment governed by rules, objectives, and shared accountability. Its expressions range from nuanced and difficult-to-quantify declines to recurrent and conspicuous failures.

This seminar seeks to bring legal rigor and operational clarity to an area long marked by uncertainty. Our objective is to articulate a legal meaning of professional performance, to examine the mechanisms that undermine it, and to explore the employer’s available courses of action, bearing in mind that there are no “one size fits all” solutions.

Discussion topics: 

How should we deal with underperforming employees?

▸Professional underperformance = professional misconduct?

▸When does professional underperformance become apparent, and how can it be proven?

▸ Why does professional underperformance arise?

▸ Professional underperformance or indiscipline?

▸ Action plan or PIP?

▸ Can professional underperformance result in termination?

• When: 14 October, 09.00 AM – 12.30 PM
•  Where: bpv GRIGORESCU ȘTEFĂNICĂ, Bucharest, Dionisie Lupu 33
• Register: To participate, you must register by 10 October 2025, using the link below. The number of participants is limited to 20 people, and from each company/group of companies can participate, only one person can participate.

The event will be held in Romanian and is mainly addressed to companies representatives from HR and Legal areas, but other representatives interested in these topics are also welcome.

Register here »