No disciplinary action letter

Use this letter when no disciplinary action is to be brought against an employee after an initial investigation. 

No case to answer

Following an investigation into disciplinary allegations, you might conclude that there is no case to answer, with the result that no formal disciplinary action will be taken against the employee. This is usually because either the allegations against the employee have been shown to be unfounded or they have put forward a perfectly sensible and logical explanation during the investigatory process for what at first appeared to be misconduct. Our No Disciplinary Action Letter is for use in those cases where the investigation has concluded that there are no or insufficient grounds for instituting disciplinary action.

Is there anything else that you need to consider?

In some circumstances, it may be appropriate or useful to provide some constructive criticism if there was a minor element of fault or misconduct, for example the employee put themselves or the business in a difficult position or showed poor judgement. 

Where the investigatory process has thrown up evidence that the allegations against the employee were made maliciously, our letter also includes an option which can be added which sets out that you will refer the matter for further investigation and possible action.