Some brand new equipment has gone missing from your premises. But rather than one potential suspect, you have several. If nobody owns up, can you sack them all? And, if this is possible, what process
must you follow first?
Published 15.06.2010
Quite often, when an employee is informed that they are to be made the subject of disciplinary proceedings their reaction will be to resign. In this situation should you continue with your
disciplinary procedure?
Published 11.02.2014
The current statutory disciplinary and dismissal procedures (DDP) will be replaced by a new voluntary ACAS Code of Practice on April 6 2009, which aims to promote fairness. So how should you then
handle disciplinary issues?
Published 19.03.2009
You’re conducting a disciplinary investigation and have approached an employee asking them to provide a witness statement. However, they are extremely reluctant to do so. How should you handle the
situation?
Published 29.11.2022
You suspect that an employee has committed an act of misconduct and have appointed a manager to undertake a disciplinary investigation. Does the employee have any right to object to your choice of
investigator?
Published 09.09.2014
You’ve been conducting a disciplinary hearing for misconduct. During that meeting the employee confesses to other serious wrongdoing. Can you take this fact into account when imposing a sanction?
Published 27.04.2011
The ACAS Code of Practice replaced the old statutory disciplinary and dismissal procedures some time ago. But the tribunal has only just dealt with one of the first cases to be heard under this new
regime. What point did it make?
Published 16.12.2010
You believe that one of your employees has committed a potential misconduct offence and intend to investigate the matter. When must the disciplinary investigation actually start?
Published 02.07.2018
Following an allegation of employee misconduct, it’s abundantly clear that a disciplinary investigation is required. But supposing you outsourced it to an external employment consultant, would the
tribunal frown on your decision?
Published 09.04.2013