Grievance & Disciplinary Policy

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The Employment Act 2002 states that all employers (regardless of size) must have a written Grievance and Disciplinary Policy that complies with the following minimum standards introduced by the Act:

An employer must set out in writing the reasons for the alleged misconduct.

The employee must be invited to attend a disciplinary meeting.

After the meeting, the employer must inform the employee in writing of the decision.

The employee must be allowed a right of appeal.

Failure to follow this standard procedure will amount to unfair dismissal unless the employer can show that the failure to follow the procedure would have made no difference to the outcome. An Employment Tribunal can make a punitive award of an increase in compensation of 10% for failure to comply with the standard procedure (and this can go up to as much as 50%). A Tribunal can also award up to four weeks pay for the period of time it would have taken to go through the proper disciplinary procedure.

Employers can have their own contractual disciplinary and grievance procedures as long as these are not less than the minimum standards set out by the Act.

Further Information

Employment Contract - Contents

Employment Contracts - Additional Clauses

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