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.
Guidance from Acas outlines where suspension is necessary, as well as some alternatives HR can consider.
PwC reported to be encouraging staff to remain sober at work gatherings and ensure colleagues remain safe, as employee launches legal bid over head injuries sustained at an alcohol-fuelled event.
Police officers who are violent towards women should be automatically dismissed, says new guidance on misconduct proceedings.
A West Midlands Trains employee was overheard making a comment about 'black priviledge' to his wife while participating in an online training session.
A Labour MP's former aide claimed she was marginalised and isolated after she made a whistleblowing complaint.
The Ministry of Defence has published two more policies and a new strategy to help it stamp out sexual misconduct.
A banker who was accused of 'emotional terrorism' by colleagues has been awarded almost €1.7 million (£1.4m) for unfair dismissal.
An employment tribunal has ruled that an electrician dismissed for gross misconduct had been subject to sex harassment because he was bald.
Emoticons have crept into standard use thanks to Twitter, WhatsApp and the global pandemic. What does this tell us about business communications?
Since December 2021, the EHRC's Race Legal Support Fund has been available to lawyers representing victims of racial discrimination.
Partygate has put the spotlight on internal investigations but are there really any lessons for HR? Meanwhile, suits are increasingly out at interviews…
With Sue Gray's eagerly-anticipated report on Downing Steet parties on the horizon, what should an internal investigation into alleged wrongdoing involve?
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.
Lessons for HR from events at the Oscar ceremony in Hollywood earlier this week; research into the UK's chattiest towns at work.
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.
