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Let’s suppose that an employee has been accused of misconduct. They are already subject to a live final written warning but it’s for something entirely different. Does that mean it cannot be taken
into account?
Published 16.11.2016
Where you’re disciplining an employee for a first misconduct offence or managing their poor performance, it can be tempting to shorten the disciplinary or capability procedure by bypassing the first
written warning stage. Is this lawful?
Published 19.03.2024
As you know, written warnings can be taken into consideration when deciding whether to dismiss an employee. But is it safe to rely on expired warnings? What does a recent case have to say?
Published 30.11.2006
Sometimes, an employee who is facing disciplinary action will already have a written warning on their personnel file. Are you allowed to take it into account when deciding whether or not to dismiss
them?
Published 26.03.2013
You’ve previously gone down the warnings route with one of your employees only to find that his performance declines once the warning has expired. You’re fed up with him playing games, so what can
you do?
Published 15.12.2005
An employee who’s under a live written warning has been found to have committed a further act of misconduct. Is it OK to automatically take the live warning into account when imposing a further
disciplinary sanction?
Published 14.05.2015
When a disciplinary sanction expires, all documents relating to the matter must be destroyed; you can’t keep hold of them “just in case”. But what about a record of the employee’s disciplinary
offence. Must that be erased too?
Published 09.05.2014
In a recent case it was held that it can be fair to rely on an expired warning when reaching a decision to dismiss. So just how far can you go with this - will it always be safe to rely on an old
warning?
Published 20.03.2008
The Financial Conduct Authority has some mystery employees who are behaving badly, so it’s sent a letter to all staff warning them that things must improve. Can a general written warning be classed
as a formal written warning?
Published 29.11.2019
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