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Let’s suppose that an employee has elected to bring a workplace companion with them into a disciplinary hearing. Can you object if you think their choice is unreasonable? What’s the latest ruling on
this issue?
Published 09.10.2013
An employee is the subject of disciplinary proceedings and wants to bring a companion to the hearing. You don’t recognise any trade unions, yet they’ve chosen a trade union rep to accompany them. Can
you object to this?
Published 27.04.2012
An employer must pay an employee over £1,500 in compensation after it barred his chosen workplace companion from two meetings. This was despite the fact the companion had been rude and aggressive.
What do you need to know?
Published 15.05.2023
All employees have the statutory right to be accompanied to a disciplinary hearing. But what if someone selects a companion who has behaved badly at a previous hearing? Can you refuse their choice?
Published 15.01.2016
In certain circumstances an employee has the right to be accompanied by a workplace companion. Nevertheless, you don’t want the person they appoint breaching anyone’s confidentiality. How can you
make this clear?
Published 29.06.2015
Having asked an employee to attend a disciplinary hearing, they’ve notified you that they intend to bring immediate colleagues as witnesses. Do they have a statutory right to do this and can you
object?
Published 13.04.2022
An employee has the right to be accompanied by a workplace companion to a disciplinary hearing. But what’s the situation if their companion can’t make the hearing date that you’ve set. Must you
reschedule?
Published 14.06.2022
An employee who’s facing disciplinary proceedings has selected a colleague to be their workplace companion at the forthcoming disciplinary hearing. The trouble is this person is known to be a gossip.
How can you protect everyone’s confidentiality?
Published 10.02.2020
A couple of days ago you asked an employee to attend a disciplinary meeting to answer allegations of gross misconduct. But without any explanation he failed to turn up. Does this mean that you can
move straight to dismissal?
Published 25.08.2010
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