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Discipline and grievances

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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    Post Office CPO was asked to ‘close down’ conduct probe

    by Adam McCulloch 10 Oct 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 10 Oct 2024

    Karen McEwan told the public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal that former chair Henry Staunton had asked her to ‘close down’ an investigation into the conduct of chief executive, Nick Read.

    • Employment law
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    • Discipline and grievances

    Fear of job loss restricts whistleblowing

    by Adam McCulloch 4 Oct 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 4 Oct 2024

    51% of workers say they would not feel safe disclosing illegal activities by their company

    • CIPD
    • Latest News
    • Discipline and grievances

    Are managers equipped to handle workplace conflict?

    by Rachel Suff 24 Sep 2024
    by Rachel Suff 24 Sep 2024

    After CIPD research showed low confidence in dispute resolution skills, how can organisations support managers to improve conflict management?

    • Case law
    • Latest News
    • Discipline and grievances

    Worker sacked for insulting customer wins unfair dismissal payout

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 23 Sep 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 23 Sep 2024

    An administrator who was sacked for insulting a customer in an email wins a payout of almost £5,500 after claiming unfair dismissal.

    • Employee relations
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    • Dispute resolution

    Only a third of staff feel workplace conflicts fully resolved

    by Rob Moss 17 Sep 2024
    by Rob Moss 17 Sep 2024

    Only 36% of employees believe a full resolution achieved in workplace conflict they have experienced according to a CIPD report.

    • Dispute resolution
    • Latest News
    • Discipline and grievances

    HR changes save NHS Wales board £740k and improve wellbeing

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 6 Aug 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 6 Aug 2024

    Changes in HR practices help an NHS Wales organisation save more than £730,000 a year and boost employee wellbeing. 

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    HR legal opinion: why the BBC continued to pay Huw Edwards’ salary

    by Adam McCulloch 1 Aug 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 1 Aug 2024

    The BBC is facing questions over why it continued to pay news presenter Huw Edwards his salary for five months after his arrest for possessing indecent images of children in November 2023.

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    German police officer dismissed for stealing 180kg of cheese

    by Rob Moss 4 Jul 2024
    by Rob Moss 4 Jul 2024

    German police officer loses appeal to overturn dismissal after he stole 180kg of cheddar cheese from an overturned refrigerated lorry.

    • Latest News
    • Discipline and grievances
    • Dismissal

    Head teacher unfairly dismissed for ‘tapping son’s hand’ awarded £102k

    by Adam McCulloch 2 Jul 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 2 Jul 2024

    Head teacher unfairly dismissed for gross misconduct after tapping her own child’s hand with her fingers, award £102k by the employment tribunal.

    • Constructive dismissal
    • NHS
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    ‘Truth an alien concept’ to HR manager at tribunal

    by Jo Faragher 31 May 2024
    by Jo Faragher 31 May 2024

    A tribunal judge has called for disciplinary action against NHS leaders who mishandled a director's redundancy.

    • Discipline
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    • Discipline and grievances

    What are the lessons for business from the Red Bull allegations?

    by Sophia Zand 26 Apr 2024
    by Sophia Zand 26 Apr 2024

    The Christian Horner case shows how important it is for fair investigations to be conducted in the media glare.

    • Police
    • Discipline
    • Latest News

    Police officer ‘forcibly’ removed trainees’ earrings

    by Ashleigh Webber 19 Apr 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 19 Apr 2024

    A Dorset Police officer allegedly used bolt cutters to 'forcibly' remove earrings worn by three trainee officers ahead of a fitness test.

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    • Discipline and grievances

    Post Office chairman used ‘offensive and outdated’ terms

    by Adam McCulloch 18 Apr 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 18 Apr 2024

    An investigation has found that former Post Office chairman Henry Staunton used ‘offensive and outdated’ terms when discussing a job...

    • Discipline
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    • Discipline and grievances

    Beware of Quit-Tok, the trend for filming ‘bad news’ meetings

    by Harriet Willis and Anna West 10 Apr 2024
    by Harriet Willis and Anna West 10 Apr 2024

    What is Quit-Tok? Gen Z employees have been taking to social media to show ‘awkward’ discussions with their bosses.

    • Stress
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    • Discipline and grievances

    Tube driver who opened wrong doors wins unfair dismissal claim

    by Jo Faragher 8 Apr 2024
    by Jo Faragher 8 Apr 2024

    A Tube driver who opened the doors on the wrong side of the station was unfairly dismissed but will not receive compensation.

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