If the police are investigating an employee because of alleged misconduct at work, can you rely on them to do your investigative work for you? What’s the position in light of a recent case?
Published 29.06.2006
One of your employees has made a subject access request (SAR) for all personal data that you hold on them. Their training and appraisal records are available on your intranet. Can you tell them to
extract this information from there?
Published 17.10.2012
An employee has won her tribunal claim for unfair dismissal simply because her former employer’s disciplinary and dismissal procedure contained two failures. What must every employer always do?
Published 06.10.2022
A pregnant employee who was fired after she searched her colleagues’ emails looking for evidence that they were bullying her has lost her unfair dismissal claim. Why was her dismissal not deemed to
be automatically unfair?
Published 14.02.2022
You’ve received a subject access request from an employee who says that they want you to disclose “everything that mentions them”. Do they have a right to receive a hard copy of any record or
document which has their name in it?
Published 03.11.2016
An employee who was accused of stealing a soft drink and subsequently dismissed has been awarded over £20,000 by the tribunal. Where did the employer go wrong?
Published 19.06.2018
When an employee who’s been dismissed for misconduct successfully appeals against that decision, they are automatically reinstated. If they then say that they don’t want to return to work, can they
still claim unfair dismissal?
Published 29.11.2022
When an employee is accused of misconduct, it’s possible that the allegations will be unsubstantiated. Where this happens can you still retain the details of the allegations or would that breach data
protection laws?
Published 01.10.2021
An employee who is subject to disciplinary proceedings has responded by raising a grievance. They claim that you must automatically put the disciplinary proceedings on hold until their grievance is
concluded. Is this correct?
Published 29.05.2015
An employee who threatened to “rip off” a colleague’s beard when he found out that somebody had used his personal mug has won his claim for unfair dismissal at the tribunal. Where did the employer go
wrong?
Published 17.11.2022