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 were the most significant employment case law decisions in 2016? Stephen Simpson counts down the 10 most important judgments...
What is the role of HR in the disciplinary process? To what extent can an employer use its appeal process...
In DLA Piper’s latest case report, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) confirmed that the Acas code of practice on disciplinary...
As the result of the referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU sank in during July, employers began looking...
Employers often fail to give guidelines to staff on what to include in an oral or written disciplinary warning letter....
A mistake by a private security company during a training exercise led to a fake bomb being left in a...
There is no statutory right for a worker to be accompanied by a legal representative at a disciplinary hearing. However,...
In DLA Piper’s latest case report, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that, where there are allegations of bad faith...
An employment tribunal held that an employee on a final warning was fairly dismissed after becoming aggressive during a meeting...
There is nothing more frustrating for employers than discovering that an employee dismissed for blatant misconduct has an arguable claim...
An employment tribunal held that an immigration officer was fairly dismissed for accepting a bribe from an offender, despite then...
A key case for HR, which was expected to go to the Court of Appeal in 2016, has settled. The...
While employment tribunal fees have drastically reduced the number of cases and typical awards for claimants are generally four-figure sums,...
A museum was found to have fairly dismissed a worker during a crackdown on persistent lateness at work, after he...
What were the most significant employment case law decisions in 2015? We count down the 10 most important judgments for employers this year.
