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.
Just because a high proportion of employees are away from the office does not mean conflict has disappeared.
A job evaluation study by Tesco allegedly showed jobs in stores and distribution centres were equal.
Worker in France who didn't know he had Covid-19 despite taking a test was dismissed for serious misconduct.
As the number of coronavirus (Covid-19) cases rose in the last month, employers have been asking questions about testing for...
With fewer people in the office and the increased likelihood of lone working and online abuse, there is a heightened risk of sexual harassment.
Employment tribunal claimants are now facing a nine-month wait for hearing – up 20% from last year.
Claimant had been covertly recorded by a colleague 'holding forth on strike breakers and Conservative voters'.
A Christian school assistant is taking her former employer to tribunal over claims she was sacked over Facebook posts in...
A woman with Covid-19 was initially dismissed from her job for failing to follow absence procedures.
A solicitor claiming for unfair dismissal against the Crown Prosecution Service has had her case dismissed after a judge ruled...
A government employee was dismissed earlier this month after writing a tweet that suggested police should use 'live rounds' on Black Lives Matters protestors.
The GMB union, one of the UK’s largest trade unions, has been branded ‘institutionally sexist’ by a barrister leading an...
Shaun Bailey called for every business in the capital with more than 250 employees to routinely check workers for illegal substance use.
The claim launched by McDonald’s against its ex-CEO highlights the need for care in agreeing exit packages.
A sales executive who earned more than £700,000 per year has won her claim for sex discrimination at an employment...
