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Discipline

Employers’ disciplinary rules set standards and make it clear what conduct is and is not acceptable in the workplace. A disciplinary procedure permits employers to deal fairly and consistently with employees who breach the rules and commit misconduct.

The “Acas code of practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures” provides employers with the principles for handling workplace disciplinaries. Employment tribunals will take the code into account when considering relevant cases, with the possibility of a 25% adjustment in any compensation awarded.


    • Employee relations
    • Ethics
    • Data protection

    ‘Polygamous working’ is a minefield for HR

    by Nic Paton 14 May 2025
    by Nic Paton 14 May 2025

    ‘Polygamous working’, or secretly holding down more than one full-time job, may be on the rise, especially with remote or...

    • Police
    • Discipline
    • Latest News

    Firearms officers to be granted anonymity

    by Jo Faragher 25 Apr 2025
    by Jo Faragher 25 Apr 2025

    The government will table an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill that means firearms officers who go to trial are granted anonymity.

    • Absence
    • Infertility
    • Discipline

    Top 10 HR questions March 2025: Carrying over annual leave

    by Brightmine 2 Apr 2025
    by Brightmine 2 Apr 2025

    Employers are asking whether annual leave can be carried over into the next holiday year after the rules changed in 2024.

    • Discipline
    • Latest News
    • Workplace culture

    ’Task masking’ – the trend you didn’t need to know existed

    by Adam McCulloch 21 Mar 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 21 Mar 2025

    Task masking is a new buzzword for ‘getting out of doing something you should have been doing’. But is it really needed?

    • Financial services
    • Legal sector
    • Discipline

    Former BNP Paribas lawyer fined for using offensive nicknames

    by Adam McCulloch 6 Mar 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 6 Mar 2025

    Solicitors Regulation Authority orders BNP Paribas lawyer to pay £31,000 after using nicknames such as ‘Pol Pot’ and ‘Jabba the Hutt’.

    • Case law
    • Bullying and harassment
    • Scotland

    Nurse at centre of trans tribunal faces conduct hearing

    by Jo Faragher 17 Feb 2025
    by Jo Faragher 17 Feb 2025

    The nurse at the centre of a tribunal against her employer, NHS Fife, has been asked to attend a conduct...

    • Police
    • Case law
    • Employment law

    Met Police cannot dismiss by vetting withdrawal

    by Rob Moss 11 Feb 2025
    by Rob Moss 11 Feb 2025

    Metropolitan Police cannot dismiss officers or staff it deems unsuitable as a result of removal of their vetting clearance, High Court rules.

    • Alcohol and drug misuse
    • Data protection
    • Discipline

    Top 10 HR questions January 2025: TUPE employee information

    by Brightmine 4 Feb 2025
    by Brightmine 4 Feb 2025

    January 2025's top 10 HR questions include FAQs ion TUPE, severe weather, notice periods, and alcohol or drug misuse

    • Sexual harassment
    • Financial services
    • Bullying and harassment

    Culture in the City: the FCA non-financial misconduct survey

    by Katie Stephen, Joe Smallshaw and Rebecca Dulieu 30 Oct 2024
    by Katie Stephen, Joe Smallshaw and Rebecca Dulieu 30 Oct 2024

    The FCA's probe of non-financial misconduct will likely see sweeping change in the governance of firms in the City.

    • Latest News
    • Discipline
    • Discipline and grievances

    Post Office CPO was asked to ‘close down’ conduct probe

    by Adam McCulloch 10 Oct 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 10 Oct 2024

    Karen McEwan told the public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal that former chair Henry Staunton had asked her to ‘close down’ an investigation into the conduct of chief executive, Nick Read.

    • Sexual harassment
    • Bullying and harassment
    • Latest News

    Top 10 HR questions September 2024: Sickness during disciplinaries

    by Brightmine 2 Oct 2024
    by Brightmine 2 Oct 2024

    Sickness absence during a disciplinary process is the top FAQ in September 2024's top HR questions on Brightmine.

    • Sexual harassment
    • Bullying and harassment
    • Employment law

    How will the Worker Protection Act affect after-work drinks?

    by Adam McCulloch 19 Sep 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 19 Sep 2024

    The Act, which comes into force on 26 October, creates a legal duty for employers to ensure they protect workers from third-party sexual harassment.

    • Employee relations
    • CIPD
    • Dispute resolution

    Only a third of staff feel workplace conflicts fully resolved

    by Rob Moss 17 Sep 2024
    by Rob Moss 17 Sep 2024

    Only 36% of employees believe a full resolution achieved in workplace conflict they have experienced according to a CIPD report.

    • Sexual harassment
    • Bullying and harassment
    • Financial services

    Lloyd’s of London consults on misconduct measures

    by Adam McCulloch 13 Sep 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 13 Sep 2024

    Lloyd's management is now consulting on a new framework for dealing with behaviour aimed at ensuring better alignment with firms’ own internal HR and disciplinary processes.

    • Police
    • Discipline
    • Latest News

    Met Police officer dismissed for antisemitic language

    by Adam McCulloch 13 Sep 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 13 Sep 2024

    A Metropolitan Police constable has been dismissed for using antisemitic language at work after colleagues reported his unacceptable behaviour.

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