A police officer has made the news headlines after being demoted for selling some police uniform trousers on Vinted. Can you demote as a disciplinary sanction?
Published 28.02.2024
In addition to written warnings and dismissal, it’s possible to impose a demotion on an employee by way of disciplinary sanction. However, employers have no right to do this automatically. So what
must you always have in place first?
Published 16.11.2012
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
It’s come to light that, in order to protect their colleague, an employee lied during a disciplinary investigation. What does this mean for those proceedings and how should you tackle this latest
revelation?
Published 10.01.2011
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
A subscriber has been tipped-off that an employee “may be involved in shoplifting”. So they want to know whether or not this is grounds for disciplinary action, or even dismissal. How should they
deal with this tricky problem?
Published 27.01.2011
With tribunal fees having been abolished, a robust disciplinary investigation is more important than ever. But how should the investigator set out their findings and when does their role in the
process end?
Published 10.10.2017
You’re considering dismissing an employee who has a live written warning on file. However, he didn’t exercise his right of appeal during those earlier proceedings. Does that mean you can’t take it
into account now?
Published 21.10.2011
One of your employees has always been a bit mouthy but they’ve now gone a step further and point-blank refuse to obey a management instruction. How should you deal with the situation?
Published 17.12.2015