Until now, it’s been fairly safe for employers to suspend an employee on full pay where gross misconduct is suspected. However, following a recent Court of Appeal ruling, it’s no longer so
straightforward. So what’s changed?
Published 09.10.2012
A subscriber sent home two employees who had been fighting at work. However, they didn’t pay them for the period of suspension. Is this always the right thing to do, and if not, how should you deal
with a similar situation?
Published 24.08.2006
An incident has occurred between two employees and you’re now faced with a disciplinary investigation. Under what circumstances is it acceptable to suspend one, or both, of them, and how does this
work?
Published 20.06.2011
Where you believe that an employee may have committed an act of gross or very serious misconduct, you can suspend them. If you take this decision, what rights do they have during the period of
suspension?
Published 23.03.2017
Where you have grounds, you can suspend an employee pending the outcome of disciplinary proceedings. If this is the case, why has one employee been awarded £236,000 following his suspension?
Published 10.01.2018
Acas recommends that an employee should only be suspended during an investigation when it’s a “reasonable way” of dealing with a situation and there are “no appropriate alternatives”. What options
could you consider?
Published 06.10.2022
In Agoreyo v London Borough of Lambeth 2017 the High Court handed down some useful guidance on suspension where an employee is suspected of serious wrongdoing. What do you need to know?
Published 12.09.2017
An employee has been awarded 15 days’ pay after his employer told him not to attend work following an anonymous misconduct allegation. This was effectively a suspension. Why did the tribunal make
that award?
Published 04.12.2020
A part-time employee who was wrongly accused of theft has just been awarded more than half a million pounds by the tribunal. Where did her employer trip up and what can we learn from its mistake?
Published 03.05.2013