Documents related to 'Letter treating grievance as disciplinary appeal'
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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
03 Mar 2023
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
Letter rejecting repeated grievanceWhere an employee raises a new grievance which simply repeats issues that have already been raised, and dealt with, in their earlier grievance, you can use our letter to reject it as you don't need to go over the sam... Read more
14 Feb 2019
Failure to attend disciplinary hearing letterOur letter can be used where the employee is a no-show at their disciplinary hearing. This usually happens when they're unwilling to attend because they refuse to face up to the issue. Rearrange the hearing... Read more
12 Dec 2022
Letter refusing choice of companionUse our letter refusing choice of companion to decline a worker's request to be accompanied at a disciplinary or grievance hearing where they have purported to select someone who falls outside the statutory categorie... Read more
11 Mar 2014
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
13 May 2022
Letter rescheduling disciplinary hearingUse our letter if you need to postpone a scheduled disciplinary hearing or if you are agreeing to an employee's request to postpone. It's reasonable to reschedule if the employee has valid grounds for their reque... Read more
07 Jan 2014
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
