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.
Sainsbury's discriminated against a worker with a brain injury who had been accused of groping female staff and using inappropriate language, an employment tribunal has found.
There is no longer a legal requirement in England to self-isolate after testing positive for coronavirus.
The removal of the...
A worker who was called an ‘old white man’ by a colleague, whose comments eventually led to him being signed...
There has been an increase in enquiries to employment lawyers on managing and potentially dismissing employees who were hired during lockdown and it needs investigating.
Staff at 10 Downing Street felt unable to raise concerns about the behaviours they witnessed at work during the pandemic,...
‘Sue Gray’s report into workplace misconduct has much higher stakes than most disciplinary investigations, but there are some parallels for employers.’
The dismissal of a care worker over a failure to be jabbed was upheld by tribunal despite her ‘religious beliefs‘.
A former Marine Scotland has lost her claim for unfair dismissal and breach of contract after she made inaccurate allegations.
A pet food retailer unfairly dismissed an employee after she raised concerns about health and safety and blew the whistle...
The decision to dismiss a cleaner who went to work with Covid-19 was unfair because his employer did not follow a fair process, an employment tribunal has found.
Judgment finds ‘no cogent explanation‘ as to why a ‘fine necklace with a small pendant of religious devotional significance‘ was not permitted.
Questions on employees’ Covid vaccination status, self-isolation and testing continued to be popular during December.
Employers were also asking various...
McDonald’s settled its lawsuit with Easterbrook after investigators found he had had further hidden relationships with employees.
Accountancy firm EY recently hit the headlines for allowing a partner to remain in post after he directed sexual comments...
‘As if the severity and quantity of the incidents weren’t serious enough, what has caused the greatest reputational damage has been the club’s poor handling of complaints’
