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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In 1978, in British Home Stores v Burchell, the Employment Appeal Tribunal outlined several factors that should be considered when...
The charity Save the Children is being investigated by the Charity Commission over how it handled allegations of misconduct and...
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Amid the misconduct scandal surrounding the charity sector, Oxfam and other charities suggest that better systems to inform other prospective...
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