HR Chat: Conflict over a Promotion

One of your shift supervisors has left the company, which leaves an open position, and two internal employees apply and interview. You chose to promote one of the internal employees. As a result, the other employee is unhappy they were not chosen for the promotion. Since the decision, that employee has been late numerous times and failed to follow instructions from the promoted shift supervisor. You have a small staff, this has become an awkward issue, you do not want to lose the worker. What can you do?

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