If you ever find yourself tempted to cut corners when dismissing an employee, a new case shows what can go wrong. What lessons can you learn from it?
Published 29.11.2007
Let’s suppose that, following a fair and thorough disciplinary investigation and hearing, you’ve found an employee guilty of gross misconduct. Does this finding automatically justify their summary
dismissal?
Published 21.10.2013
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
An employee suspected of gross misconduct has just admitted their guilt. You both know that this will end in dismissal so why bother with all those tedious and time-consuming procedures?
Published 11.01.2008
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has considered whether an employee will always commit an act of gross misconduct where they make a covert recording in the workplace. What did it decide and how can you
protect yourself?
Published 11.09.2019
If you’ve followed our advice on the disciplinary process, you’ll know that you must get it right. But if you fail to follow some of the procedures, can you still salvage the process? What does a
Court of Appeal finding have to say?
Published 15.11.2007
The statutory dismissal and disciplinary procedure (DDP) applies where you are contemplating dismissing an employee, for example for misconduct. To comply with the DDP, what details does the step 1
letter need to contain?
Published 11.01.2007
You know what when dismissing an employee you have to comply with the three-step statutory procedure. However, it seems that there are situations in which employers are omitting step 1. How can you
avoid the pitfalls?
Published 08.02.2007
Where the evidence at a disciplinary hearing reveals potential misconduct that wasn’t specified in your original notification of disciplinary hearing letter, are you required to adjourn proceedings
and send out a new letter?
Published 19.04.2007
Much has been written about the statutory dismissal and disciplinary procedures in the context of poorly performing employees. But what about redundancy? As this is also regarded as a “dismissal”,
what procedures need to be followed?
Published 02.06.2006