Documents related to 'Disciplinary procedure'
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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
11 Sep 2023
Misconduct checklistUse this checklist to help you deal with an employee's misconduct. This will involve carrying out an investigation and then, if there is a case to answer, proceeding to a disciplinary hearing, after which you will need to consider ... Read more
17 Aug 2017
Capability procedureDealing with an employee's poor performance can be particularly difficult where you know they are simply incapable of fulfilling the tasks and duties expected of them in their role, so they aren't really to blame. Our capability pr... Read more
05 Feb 2024
Attendance procedureOur attendance procedure provides a process for dealing with genuine but persistent short-term sickness absence. It's not suitable for long-term incapacity cases.ApplicationA dismissal due to persistent short-term sickness absence ... Read more
05 Feb 2024
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
09 Jun 2023
Witness confidentiality agreement and undertakingWhen you conduct disciplinary proceedings, or an investigation, you'll probably require the assistance of other employees. But you don't want them shooting their mouth off about what's going on or discuss... Read more
23 Aug 2011
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
13 May 2022
Notice of disciplinary appeal hearingIf you deny an employee the right to appeal against a disciplinary sanction or dismissal, you will be acting unfairly and in breach of the Acas Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures. Use our no... Read more
11 Jun 2021
Final written warning for first misconduct offenceFollowing a disciplinary hearing, it may be possible in some cases for you to skip the first written warning stage and move straight to issuing the employee with a final written warning. Our letter co... Read more
07 Jul 2022
