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.
Tighter margins and fewer staff means increasing pressure on line managers -and this is beginning to be reflected in grievance procedures, the 2010 IRS survey indicates.Nick Martindale reports.
Organisations are much happier with the new, shorter Acas code of practice than with its predecessor, the 2010 IRS survey...
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The number of HR chiefs who have blamed poor relations between line managers and staff as the main reason grievances...
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Six months since its implementation, the code will soon start to show its mettle in court.
An HR manager is among four senior staff members at a London school facing disciplinary action for allegedly stealing £1.6m...
With the new Acas code referring to a right to call witnesses and recent cases suggesting that employees may, in...
Yet again the vexed question of whether employees should have legal representation at internal disciplinary hearings has gone before a...
Carlisle City Council’s decision not to allow employees to lodge a grievance against job evaluation scores, which affect levels of...
Kulkarni v Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation TrustFactsIn July 2007, Dr Kunal Kulkarni began employment with the Trust as a...
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