Employment law - Disciplinary, capability and dismissal

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

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

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