Documents related to 'Grievance drafting guidance'
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Grievance procedureYour grievance procedure should play a crucial role in how you deal with staff complaints. Use our procedure to set out the steps that an employee with a grievance relating to their employment should take, but be aware that they ca... Read more
14 Oct 2022
Letter appointing a grievance investigation managerWhere an employee raises a formal grievance, you may need to appoint a manager to conduct an investigation, the purpose of which is to ascertain whether the employee's complaints may be well founded.R... Read more
02 Jan 2021
Letter informing employee of grievance against themWhere a grievance has been raised by one employee against another, you'll need to notify the latter employee of the grievance allegations and that they're to be investigated.Grievance processEmployees ... Read more
09 Nov 2018
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
Grievance formOur form enables an employee to easily raise a formal grievance under the terms of your grievance procedure.Raising a grievanceThere's no procedure set out in legislation for an employee to raise a formal grievance. The Acas Code of Prac... Read more
13 Dec 2021
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
Letter appointing a disciplinary investigation managerWhere disciplinary allegations are made against an employee, the first stage is to appoint a manager to conduct an investigation, the purpose of which is to ascertain whether or not there is a pot... Read more
30 Apr 2020
Informal resolution of grievance letterWhere an employee raises issues or concerns in writing, for example in an e-mail, should you always treat it as a grievance or clarify the position first? It's better to clarify the matter and you can then send o... Read more
01 Oct 2012
GDPR privacy notice for job applicantsThe UK GDPR sets out a list of detailed information that must be included in a privacy notice. Our privacy notice complies with these requirements.Privacy notice requirementsA compliant privacy notice for the pro... Read more
11 Feb 2022