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
You’ve commenced a disciplinary investigation against an employee but they’re answering all of your questions with “no comment”. Does their refusal to engage with the proceedings prevent you from
moving to a disciplinary hearing?
Published 04.04.2019
You suspect an employee of wrongdoing and have instigated your disciplinary procedure. However, rather than give you their version of events, they reply with “no comment” to every question. Where
does this leave you?
Published 18.06.2014
When disciplining employees you know that you must act reasonably. So you might be inclined to give them the “benefit of the doubt”, particularly for a first offence. But could a decision like this
ever come back to bite you?
Published 24.03.2010
Let’s suppose that an employee has been accused of misconduct. They are already subject to a live final written warning but it’s for something entirely different. Does that mean it cannot be taken
into account?
Published 16.11.2016
If an employee appeals against a disciplinary sanction, you have to set up an appeal hearing. But, what if you decide that the original sanction was actually too lenient? Can you increase it
following the appeal hearing?
Published 05.04.2007
You’ve previously gone down the warnings route with one of your employees only to find that his performance declines once the warning has expired. You’re fed up with him playing games, so what can
you do?
Published 15.12.2005
You’ve carried out a proper disciplinary procedure and come to the conclusion that both are guilty of gross misconduct. Is it OK to dismiss one and give the other a final written warning?
Published 06.04.2006
You want to commence formal disciplinary proceedings against an employee who is alleged to have committed an act of misconduct. According to the Court of Appeal, when can those proceedings start?
Published 13.01.2015
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