You’re conducting a disciplinary investigation and have approached an employee asking them to provide a witness statement. However, they are extremely reluctant to do so. How should you handle the
situation?
Published 29.11.2022
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
You’re about to hold a disciplinary hearing and there will be a number of witnesses present. How far does the ACAS Code of Practice allow you to go in your questioning? In other words, could you
carry out a full cross-examination?
Published 07.10.2011
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
A manager has been asked to conduct a disciplinary hearing. The trouble is, it’s their first time and they’ve confessed to being “a bit nervous about the whole thing”. How can you ensure they don’t
trip up or forget something?
Published 06.11.2014
During any disciplinary investigation, you’ll need to interview “the accused”. But suppose that some new evidence comes to light after this takes place. Should you re-interview them or can you stick
with the outcome of the original meeting?
Published 17.05.2013
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
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
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
Whenever an employee is facing disciplinary proceedings, a formal written note should be taken at each stage. Any failure to do this could prove fatal in tribunal. But what’s the key to this
all-important exercise?
Published 05.05.2011