Like most employers, you probably conduct exit interviews for departing employees. What if an employee raises a complaint during such an interview. Should you automatically trigger your grievance
procedure?
Published 29.11.2016
It’s good practice to conduct exit interviews for all departing employees. But what if an employee who’s leaving raises a verbal complaint during an exit interview - should you trigger your grievance
procedure?
Published 12.05.2022
After a lengthy recruitment process, you’ve made a formal job offer to the ideal candidate. However, rather than accepting it immediately, they’ve informed you that a better deal has been “put on the
table elsewhere”. How do you play it?
Published 21.10.2013
An employee recently applied for an internal promotion but, for good reason, was unsuccessful. They are quite upset about your decision and have now raised a grievance. How do you deal with the
situation?
Published 08.06.2018
Every employee has the statutory right to raise a grievance. But what happens if they subsequently inform you that they want to withdraw it? Must you respect their decision or carry on with the
process regardless?
Published 07.11.2017
Whenever an employee raises a grievance, you must arrange a meeting to discuss their complaint. How should the grievance meeting be documented and what else should you always do?
Published 12.09.2017
You’re currently investigating an employee’s grievance. Although you’ve not yet reached a conclusion, they’ve handed you their resignation. Does that mean you can forget about their grievance now?
Published 29.01.2018
To increase staff productivity levels, a number of employers have introduced rules which say that work-related e-mails must not be sent at certain non-work times, e.g. late at night and weekends. Is
this something you should try?
Published 15.01.2016
If an employee raises a grievance, you’re obliged to investigate and hear it. After that, you must decide whether or not it’s “upheld”. But what if their complaint is clearly groundless? Must you
still give this process the time of day?
Published 22.02.2011
An employee has just presented you with a written grievance. However, you suspect from the content that it’s been fabricated purely to get somebody else into trouble. Are you still obliged to
investigate it?
Published 01.02.2016