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.
Charity worker David Booker faces an internal investigation today after he was suspended from his job at a Christian hostel...
The Ministry of Defence has admitted that sex offenders who are not jailed can serve in the armed forces.An MoD...
A raft of new employment law regulations have come into force, affecting employers and employees alike.These include the repeal of...
The highly unpopular three-step statutory grievance and disciplinary procedures have officially been scrapped today.Conciliation service Acas has introduced a new...
The TUC has backed a new register which will name and shame bad employers that do not pay fines awarded...
It's time for the latest round of springtime legislation updates. We run through the key legal changes you need to be aware of - from the new Acas code, to increases in sick pay, maternity pay and statutory holiday.
HR news and analysis including:
We hear from Acas chairman Ed Sweeney about next month’s introduction of a new disciplinary...
The new Acas code of practice will not necessarily result in reduced employment tribunal claims. With just two weeks...
Legal representatives could be allowed at some internal grievance and disciplinary hearings following a High Court ruling earlier this week....
Acas’s new workplace problem-solving process, a less prescriptive approach to dealing with grievance and disciplinary cases, comes into force on...
The Labour Chamber of the Spanish Supreme Court has ruled that foreign workers who do not have valid work and...
I am a sales consultant employed by an employment agency for which I have worked for less than a year....
Matuszowicz v Kingston upon Hull City CouncilFactsMr Matuszowicz was employed by Hull City Council as a teacher. He was disabled....
Legal Q&Aagency workers Huw Cooke, associate, Burges Salmon With
The Met Police HR chief has insisted that the majority of Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) are not “bored”, despite...
