Discipline and grievances
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.
Civil servants make hundreds of complaints about harassment
Hundreds of civil servants have complained about sexual harassment or bullying but only a small number have faced disciplinary action...
Ryanair sacks stranded cabin crew for ‘breach of trust’
Six Ryanair cabin crew were dismissed by the airline this week for “breach of trust” after a photograph was circulated...
Top 10 HR questions October 2018: annual leave and sickness absence
How should employers deal with annual leave entitlement for employees on long-term sick leave? This issue is dealt with in...
Were Waitrose Food editor’s ‘killing vegans’ remarks a sackable offence?
The editor of Waitrose’s Food magazine resigned this week after comments he made about “killing vegans” and “force-feeding them meat”...
Google dismisses 48 staff over sexual harassment
Google has dismissed 48 people – including 13 senior managers – over claims of sexual harassment in the past two...
Top 10 HR questions September 2018 – probation dismissals and unavailable companions
Can you dismiss before a probationary period ends if they're not up to the job?
Top 10 HR questions August 2018 – Brexit and executive pay ratios
While progress has been made in some areas of the Brexit negotiations, including agreement on the rights of EU citizens...
Proceeding with a disciplinary hearing when companion unavailable
XpertHR’s consultant editor Darren Newman looks at a recent decision highlighting the potential danger in proceeding with a disciplinary hearing...
Schoolgirl awarded £16k in Pizza Hut sexual harassment case
A 17-year-old schoolgirl receptionist at a Pizza Hut Delivery branch in east London has been awarded £15,800 after winning a...
Nurse who set himself on fire after being dismissed was treated unfairly
A nurse who set himself on fire and died after being dismissed from his job was “treated unfairly”, according to...
Why boardrooms must get a grip on occupational fraud
In light of the malicious payroll data breach at Morrisons carried out by a disgruntled employee in 2014, and more...
Travel disruption: how to deal with staff who are late for work
As emergency timetable revisions and signalling problems continue to cause chaos for rail commuters, Nicholas Le Riche and Zoe MacQueen...
Sexual harassment: How HR can help develop a culture of respect
Sexual harassment has been brought to the forefront of employers’ attention in recent months, following the rise of the #MeToo...
Netflix to educate staff after dismissing employee who used ‘N-word’
Netflix has said it will educate its staff about the ways that race, nationality and gender identity affect its organisation...
Why the BHS v Burchell decision is still relevant 40 years on
In 1978, in British Home Stores v Burchell, the Employment Appeal Tribunal outlined several factors that should be considered when...
