Employment law - Disciplinary, capability and dismissal

Notice of performance review meetingIt's possible to deal with performance issues through your disciplinary procedure. However, where the issue is one of "can't perform" (due to lack of capability) as opposed to "won't perform" (for example, because of nega... Read more

Notification of disciplinary hearingIf you want to take disciplinary action against an employee, the first step is to write to them setting out the allegations and requiring their attendance at a formal disciplinary hearing. Our notification of disci... Read more

Letter reconvening disciplinary hearing after adjournmentOccasionally, it may be necessary for a disciplinary hearing to be adjourned where new information comes to light during it. Where this happens, the hearing will then need to be reconvened.Adjo... Read more

Letter rescheduling disciplinary appeal hearingWhere an employee appeals against a disciplinary sanction and you've arranged an appeal hearing, use our letter if either you need to postpone that appeal hearing or you're agreeing to the employee's reques... Read more

Overlapping disciplinary and grievance matters letterIf an employee submits a formal written grievance whilst you're following your disciplinary procedure in relation to them, you need to decide how you're going to tackle that.Acas Code of PracticeThe ... Read more

Final performance warning for first incompetenceWhere you've held a formal performance meeting, if the employee's poor performance is sufficiently serious, you may be able to go straight to issuing them with a final performance warning.Appropriate acti... Read more

Suspension letterIn cases of gross or very serious misconduct where there are no alternatives, you should give careful consideration to suspending the employee for a brief period during your disciplinary investigation and pending a formal discipl... Read more

Failure to attend performance review meeting letterYou can use our letter where an employee has failed to turn up for a formal performance review meeting. This usually happens when they refuse to face up to their poor performance.A re-arranged meetin... Read more

Failure to attend disciplinary hearing letterOur letter can be used where the employee is a no-show at their disciplinary hearing. This usually happens when they're unwilling to attend because they refuse to face up to the issue. Rearrange the hearing... Read more