Quite often, when an employee is informed that they are to be made the subject of disciplinary proceedings their reaction will be to resign. In this situation should you continue with your
disciplinary procedure?
Published 11.02.2014
You’ve been conducting a disciplinary hearing for misconduct. During that meeting the employee confesses to other serious wrongdoing. Can you take this fact into account when imposing a sanction?
Published 27.04.2011
A subscriber has been tipped-off that an employee “may be involved in shoplifting”. So they want to know whether or not this is grounds for disciplinary action, or even dismissal. How should they
deal with this tricky problem?
Published 27.01.2011
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’ve just informed an employee that she will be subject to your disciplinary procedures for poor attendance. However, she’s responded by resigning. Should you forget about the disciplinary, and if
not, how should you handle matters?
Published 01.06.2007
It’s come to light that, in order to protect their colleague, an employee lied during a disciplinary investigation. What does this mean for those proceedings and how should you tackle this latest
revelation?
Published 10.01.2011
When a disciplinary sanction expires, all documents relating to the matter must be destroyed; you can’t keep hold of them “just in case”. But what about a record of the employee’s disciplinary
offence. Must that be erased too?
Published 09.05.2014
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 is subject to disciplinary proceedings. Due to the nature of the allegation, the police have been notified and are investigating the matter. Must you delay your proceedings until the
police investigation is concluded?
Published 24.04.2019
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