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.
What steps should employers take to manage the coronavirus outbreak?
At the start of the new year, employers have been...
A Timpson employee who threatened to “shoot” a colleague was unfairly dismissed because of the way the company handled the...
Sexual misconduct complaints and cases rise sharply as #MeToo wields influence.
An NHS trust requested fingerprints in an attempt to identify a whistleblower...
We round up the most significant cases of the year including legal judgments on CCTV, restrictive covenants, enhancing shared parental leave, collective bargaining and more...
Lloyd’s of London has urged its own staff and those of its members to behave correctly at this year’s Christmas...
Should employers give employees the right to be accompanied to meetings under a redundancy procedure?
Such a meeting could ultimately...
A group of MPs is to scrutinise the police conduct and disciplinary system and investigate whether wider reforms are needed...
A partner at a law firm who was found dead at the foot of cliffs in south Wales had been suspended for alleged inappropriate sexual conduct
The BBC has settled an unequal pay claim for more than £130,000 after a former employee complained that 15 male...
A financial product manager for the French bank BNP Paribas has won her case for direct sex discrimination, victimisation and...
All HR professionals are familiar with the stress and anxiety associated with a grievance or disciplinary process. Ashleigh Webber examines...
An apparent sharp rise in the number of sexual harassment complaints involving solicitors has drawn attention to law firms' misuse of gagging orders.
The House of Commons is in need of an HR department to help stamp out the bullying and harassment that many MPs’ staff experience.
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has clarified when it is acceptable for an employee to make a covert recording of a...
