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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.


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    BNP Paribas banker accused of ’emotional terrorism’ wins €1.7m for unfair dismissal

    by Ashleigh Webber 19 May 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 19 May 2022

    A banker who was accused of 'emotional terrorism' by colleagues has been awarded almost €1.7 million (£1.4m) for unfair dismissal.

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    Employment tribunal: use of word ‘bald’ can amount to sex-based harassment

    by Adam McCulloch 13 May 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 13 May 2022

    An employment tribunal has ruled that an electrician dismissed for gross misconduct had been subject to sex harassment because he was bald.

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    • Discipline and grievances

    Who doesn’t use emojis now?

    by Adam McCulloch 29 Apr 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 29 Apr 2022

    Emoticons have crept into standard use thanks to Twitter, WhatsApp and the global pandemic. What does this tell us about business communications?

    • Legal sector
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    EHRC’s legal fund for tackling race discrimination: what employers need to know

    by Ranjit Dhindsa 21 Apr 2022
    by Ranjit Dhindsa 21 Apr 2022

    Since December 2021, the EHRC's Race Legal Support Fund has been available to lawyers representing victims of racial discrimination.

    • Economics, government & business
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    • Employment law

    Boris Johnson’s partygate fixed penalty notice: any lessons for HR?

    by Adam McCulloch 14 Apr 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 14 Apr 2022

    Partygate has put the spotlight on internal investigations but are there really any lessons for HR? Meanwhile, suits are increasingly out at interviews…

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    What should an investigation into employee misconduct involve?

    by Jonathan Maude 6 Apr 2022
    by Jonathan Maude 6 Apr 2022

    With Sue Gray's eagerly-anticipated report on Downing Steet parties on the horizon, what should an internal investigation into alleged wrongdoing involve?

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    • Industrial action / strikes

    Unison to appeal against trade union detriment ruling

    by Ashleigh Webber 4 Apr 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 4 Apr 2022

    A recent Court of Appeal ruling that confirmed UK legislation does not protect striking employees from action short of dismissal has effectively 'given bosses the green light to discipline staff who strike', a union has claimed.

    • Workplace culture
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    • Employee engagement

    What are the HR lessons of the Will Smith Oscars incident? But seriously …

    by Adam McCulloch 1 Apr 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 1 Apr 2022

    Lessons for HR from events at the Oscar ceremony in Hollywood earlier this week; research into the UK's chattiest towns at work.

    • Retail
    • Disability discrimination
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    Sainsbury’s discriminated against worker with brain injury, finds tribunal

    by Ashleigh Webber 24 Mar 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 24 Mar 2022

    Sainsbury's discriminated against a worker with a brain injury who had been accused of groping female staff and using inappropriate language, an employment tribunal has found.

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    • Coronavirus

    Top 10 HR questions February 2022: positive Covid tests

    by XpertHR 2 Mar 2022
    by XpertHR 2 Mar 2022

    There is no longer a legal requirement in England to self-isolate after testing positive for coronavirus.
    The removal of the...

    • Stress
    • Latest News
    • Sexual orientation discrimination

    Worker wins £22k following ‘old white man’ comments

    by Ashleigh Webber 21 Feb 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 21 Feb 2022

    A worker who was called an ‘old white man’ by a colleague, whose comments eventually led to him being signed...

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    • Constructive dismissal
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    Employee dismissals and working from home: what’s the link?

    by Maria Hoeritzauer 11 Feb 2022
    by Maria Hoeritzauer 11 Feb 2022

    There has been an increase in enquiries to employment lawyers on managing and potentially dismissing employees who were hired during lockdown and it needs investigating.

    • Coronavirus
    • Economics, government & business
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    Sue Gray report: No 10 staff ‘felt unable to raise concerns’

    by Personnel Today 31 Jan 2022
    by Personnel Today 31 Jan 2022

    Staff at 10 Downing Street felt unable to raise concerns about the behaviours they witnessed at work during the pandemic,...

    • Economics, government & business
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    HR processes delay Sue Gray Downing Street lockdown parties report

    by Adam McCulloch 28 Jan 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 28 Jan 2022

    ‘Sue Gray’s report into workplace misconduct has much higher stakes than most disciplinary investigations, but there are some parallels for employers.’

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    • Vaccinations

    Care home worker who refused Covid vaccine loses wrongful dismissal case

    by Adam McCulloch 20 Jan 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 20 Jan 2022

    The dismissal of a care worker over a failure to be jabbed was upheld by tribunal despite her ‘religious beliefs‘.

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