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.
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...
XpertHR consultant editor Darren Newman considers a recent case in which the Supreme Court judges seemed to cast doubt on...
Amid the misconduct scandal surrounding the charity sector, Oxfam and other charities suggest that better systems to inform other prospective...
December saw the announcement of an agreement between the UK and the EU on citizens’ rights following Brexit. Employers are...
Court decisions from earlier this year have reduced the scope of legal privilege when it comes to protecting documents created...
HR professionals have relied on formal grievance procedures for years, but are they still fit for purpose? In an extract...
Should you include time spent travelling when calculating employees’ working time? The number one FAQ for September deals with this...
Dealing with a grievance promptly and fairly is vital for employers aiming to reduce the risk of employment tribunal claims....
How can employers ensure reputational damage is kept to a minimum?
On paper, a worker’s right to be accompanied at a disciplinary hearing is one of the simplest employment rights there...
Perhaps the general election means that the collective HR consciousness has its mind elsewhere, or maybe it’s the effect of...
Stephen Simpson rounds up recent decisions published on the online database of first-instance employment tribunal judgments
Can employers prevent staff from political campaigning at work? Should employees be banned from displaying their political allegiance, for example...
A recent employment law ruling that it was fair to dismiss an employee partly on the basis of an expired...
