There’s been an incident of serious misconduct which justifies dismissal. However, your case rests entirely on the evidence of one witness. So before proceeding what steps must you take to protect
your position?
Published 01.07.2011
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
An employee who has access to confidential information has resigned and you believe that he’s going to work for a competitor. You want to bring disciplinary proceedings but the trouble is he’s gone
off sick. How should you play it?
Published 14.01.2010
Following an allegation of serious misconduct, an employee is under police investigation. Should you press ahead with your own disciplinary action or postpone it? What does the Employment Appeal
Tribunal say?
Published 19.11.2010
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
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
An employee has presented a fit note which says that they can’t attend a disciplinary hearing because they’re suffering from “stress”. You’re willing to reschedule, but what are your options if the
same thing happens again?
Published 07.03.2019
You need to impose a disciplinary sanction but can’t decide what would be appropriate. Someone has suggested that an HR advisor should be asked for their opinion. Why is this a bad idea?
Published 02.10.2015
You suspect that an employee has committed an act of misconduct and have appointed a manager to undertake a disciplinary investigation. Does the employee have any right to object to your choice of
investigator?
Published 09.09.2014
An employee has come to you with a confession: they’ve misplaced a file and it could be lost for good. Unfortunately, it contains confidential information about a client. Do you forgive and forget,
or launch disciplinary proceedings?
Published 07.04.2010