HR advice on warnings
I work for a small company who have started handing out PIPs like they are sweets.
My colleague (A) was handed a warning for a customer/operations mishap that essentially wasted company time and money. They had a meeting about this last week, when he was given a warning.
The person who gave him the warning (B) has now done further investigation (all the information was all readily available prior to the warning being given) - and has now messaged A and asked for another meeting so A can explain the timeline of events, and has said further action may be taken.
We don't have a HR (we are about 30-35 people) - is this proper procedure? Is my colleague entitled to have someone sit in this meeting with them?
I realise this is not a huge amount of info but it is the bones of it - can offer more if needed.