An employee has committed a few acts of misconduct in close succession. Individually, they only warrant a written warning. Can you add them all up and allege this is actually a matter of gross
misconduct?
Published 21.05.2014
Following a disciplinary hearing, you may decide that it’s appropriate to issue a formal written warning to the employee. What information should be included in every such warning?
Published 26.10.2021
Where an employee has committed misconduct, you’ll probably issue them with a written warning or a final written warning as a disciplinary sanction. How long should the written warning remain valid
for, and can you ever extend it?
Published 23.06.2021
You have an employee who’s less than satisfactory but not quite bad enough to warrant dismissal. After a while you become frustrated and sack him anyway. Why might a final warning be a safer option?
Published 06.10.2005
An employee has decided to appeal against a disciplinary sanction that you recently imposed on them because you didn’t “prove the misconduct beyond all reasonable doubt”. Are you actually required to
prove guilt?
Published 13.01.2017
An employee who’s under a live written warning has been found to have committed a further act of misconduct. Is it OK to automatically take the live warning into account when imposing a further
disciplinary sanction?
Published 14.05.2015
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
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
Following a disciplinary hearing, further negative information has come to light about the employee. According to the Employment Appeal Tribunal, can it be taken into account when determining the
appropriate sanction?
Published 01.02.2016
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