A disciplinary procedure and grievance procedure permit employers to deal fairly and consistently with employee misconduct and complaints from employees about the workplace.
The “Acas code of practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures” provides employers with the principles for handling workplace disciplinaries and grievances. Employment tribunals will take the code into account when considering relevant cases, with the possibility of a 25% adjustment in any compensation awarded.
Following Nestlé’s dismissal of its CEO Laurent Freixe, Kate Kapp examines how organisations should manage workplace invesigations.
August's top HR questions feature FAQs on employees' behaviour outside work, including criminality or being a member of an extreme group.
Employer did not establish a link between the ‘juvenile, inappropriate’ noises and the claim from a colleague of racism.
Social media firm and its owner Elon Musk have reached a settlement with some of its former employees who had sued for $500m (£373m) in severance pay.
Employers in the hospitality and leisure sector are facing growing numbers of employment tribunal claims, research has suggested.
The report...
The top HR questions in July 2025 include one on what to do if an employee fails to turn up for work.
The government has confirmed that employers will be banned through the Employment Rights Bill from ‘gagging’ workers who have suffered...
A company director has been awarded £15,000 in compensation after being told to ‘shut up’ in a meeting.
Using vague language in the workplace could be preventing employees from resolving conflicts, according to Acas.
A fear of confrontation is preventing employees from solving work disputes early, according to new research.
A security officer who fell asleep on his shift has been awarded just over £20,000 for unfair dismissal.
Employers are deploying a way of encouraging disenchantment among workers to trim numbers. But there are major risks attached
Chair of the Employment Lawyers' Association: ‘The evidence is clear. The tribunal cannot cope with the rising tide of employment litigation.’
A radical departure from the adversarial approach of employers, employees, management and unions is needed – Pete Colby, Pragmatism.
An IT director who insisted on working from home for an important meeting was unfairly dismissed, a tribunal has ruled....
