Employment law - Disciplinary, capability and dismissal

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Notice of poor performance appeal meetingIf you deny an employee the right to appeal against a poor performance warning or dismissal, you will be acting unfairly and in breach of the Acas Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures. Use... Read more

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

Letter rescheduling performance review meetingIf you need to postpone a scheduled performance review meeting, or if you agree to an employee's request to postpone, you can use our letter.Acas Code of PracticeThe statutory Acas Code of Practice on Disc... Read more