Employment law - Disciplinary, capability and dismissal

Minutes of performance review meetingYou must take minutes of each formal performance review meeting that you hold. Our document contains prompts to include all relevant information and acts as your proof that you have covered all the matters that sh... Read more

Letter advising appeal is out of timeYou can use our letter to advise employees that their appeal against a disciplinary or capability sanction or a grievance decision can't be heard as it's out of time. However, be careful about being too rigid in sti... Read more

Out of time appeal request outcomeWhere an employee has lodged a late appeal in disciplinary or grievance cases and requested a time extension, once you've considered the case, you'll need to let them know the outcome of their request, which you can do... Read more

Employee performance management recordIt's advisable to keep a brief summary of an employee's performance management history on file, even if the full details have been removed because the warning has expired. Use our record to do this.A summary record... Read more

Letter offering options for a disciplinary hearingWhere an employee is signed off on long-term sick leave during a disciplinary process, there will come a point where you need to try to progress that process to its conclusion. Use our letter offering... Read more

Notification of disciplinary investigationUse our notification of disciplinary investigation letter to inform an employee in writing of the allegations against them and that an investigation will be carried out. If necessary, hold an investigatory me... Read more

Suspension letterIn cases of gross or very serious misconduct, you should give careful consideration to suspending the employee for a brief period during your disciplinary investigation and pending a formal disciplinary hearing. Use our suspension l... Read more

Poor performance dismissal after refusal of redeploymentWhere you've offered an employee redeployment as an alternative to being dismissed for ongoing poor performance, but they've declined your offer, the next stage is usually to dismiss them.Dismissa... Read more

Disciplinary procedureDealing with conduct and other disciplinary matters is one of the most difficult challenges for any employer. Make a wrong move and an employee can exact a high price. And even if you've a good reason to take action, tribunals de... Read more

Redeployment offer after performance review meetingWhere you're at the stage where you can dismiss an employee for ongoing poor performance, you should first consider whether to offer them available alternative employment to which they might be more s... Read more