Let’s suppose an employee has exercised their right to appeal against a disciplinary sanction. Having heard their appeal, can you hike the sanction if you consider the initial decision was too
lenient?
Published 26.08.2014
In a recent case, the employer had imposed wildly different sanctions on two employees who had committed similar disciplinary offences - it dismissed one for gross misconduct but not the other. So
was that an unfair dismissal?
Published 09.02.2012
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 who secretly moonlighted as a porn star has successfully claimed unfair dismissal. However, the employer probably would have won the case had it not made one fatal mistake. So where did
it go wrong?
Published 09.09.2016
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
In a recent case, the employee had been the subject of disciplinary proceedings after he posted confidential business information on LinkedIn. However, despite having solid grounds, the employer came
unstuck at the tribunal. Why?
Published 17.12.2012
An employee was sacked because the police had found indecent images on his personal computer. However, this dismissal was deemed unfair due to a procedural error in the employer’s paperwork. What do
you need to know?
Published 24.09.2020
If an employee raises a formal grievance and you subsequently reject it either in part or in full, they have the statutory right to appeal. Assuming they go down this route, what should you always
ensure happens?
Published 05.11.2013
In Gnahoua v Abellio London Ltd 2017 the employer refused the employee’s choice of companion for his disciplinary appeal hearing. However, when it came to compensation, the tribunal awarded him only
£2. Why was this?
Published 19.05.2017
The Acas Code of Practice must be followed wherever misconduct or poor performance is suspected. But what if you’re looking to dismiss someone on capability grounds due to their ill health? Must you
follow the Code then?
Published 30.08.2016