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.
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.
A recent case where an HR team advised a line manager to dismiss an employee highlights the risks of HR...
A London Zoo meerkat handler who got into a Christmas party fight with...
The EAT has held that a bank worker who licked the face of a colleague...
Eva Carneiro is bringing an employment tribunal claim against Chelsea FC...
It was a breach of the right to be accompanied for an employer to refuse to allow a trade union...
A Ministry of Defence (MoD) employee was fairly dismissed for making public appearances as a medium while on sick leave,...
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has overturned a tribunal decision that an employee was unfairly dismissed after placing an image...
The classic “range of reasonable responses test” in unfair dismissal cases means that a harsh dismissal is not necessarily an...
