You’ve just received a written grievance from a former employee who left a few weeks ago. Are you legally obliged to deal with their complaint under your grievance procedure or not?
Published 14.04.2016
Every employee has the statutory right to raise a grievance. But what happens if they subsequently inform you that they want to withdraw it? Must you respect their decision or carry on with the
process regardless?
Published 07.11.2017
An employee has just presented you with a written grievance. However, you suspect from the content that it’s been fabricated purely to get somebody else into trouble. Are you still obliged to
investigate it?
Published 01.02.2016
A couple of weeks ago you parted ways with an employee. You thought that everything was fine, but your former member of staff has now submitted a written grievance. Are you legally obliged to deal
with it?
Published 03.11.2020
If an employee raises a grievance, you must investigate it fully, come to a balanced, reasoned conclusion and then put your decision to them in writing. At this point, what should you also ask the
employee to do?
Published 04.12.2014
All employees have the statutory right to raise a grievance. If one of your employees exercises this right by presenting you with a written complaint that’s several pages long, how should you handle
it?
Published 09.10.2018
If an employee raises a grievance, you’re obliged to investigate and hear it. After that, you must decide whether or not it’s “upheld”. But what if their complaint is clearly groundless? Must you
still give this process the time of day?
Published 22.02.2011
Your employees have the statutory right to raise a grievance from day one of employment. However, if they want to exercise this right, must they put their grievance in writing?
Published 25.02.2014
An employee has unexpectedly raised a grievance. The trouble is you’re really busy because of other business needs and are struggling to find time to deal with it. How long do you have to respond?
Published 04.12.2018
One of your employees has called you up after work to rant about another member of staff. They end the conversation with “do something about it!”. So do you have a grievance on your hands or not?
Published 14.01.2010