Discipline

New and updated

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Unfairly dismissed for swearing due to toxic workplace with widespread "banter"

  In Ogden v Booker Ltd, an employment tribunal held that the employee's dismissal for gross misconduct was unfair due to procedural flaws and a toxic workplace culture that lacked managerial enforcement of dignity at work standards.

• Type:

  Editor's choice

  Coming soon

  Updated to include details of our upcoming webinar, which will include 2025 pay and benefits reviews, and our regular update of the economy, labour market and pay-setting environment. 

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Employment status: When are volunteers workers?

  In Groom v Maritime and Coastguard Agency, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that a volunteer coastal rescue officer was a worker when he attended activities that had the promise of remuneration.

• Type:

  Leading practice guides

  Managing the disciplinary process: Conducting disciplinary investigations and hearings

  Leading practice guidance discussing how to conduct investigations into the surrounding circumstances of an employee's misconduct and disciplinary hearings.

• Type:

  Leading practice guides

  Managing the disciplinary process: Outcomes including penalties, warnings and dismissal

  Leading practice guidance exploring the various outcomes possible from formal disciplinary proceedings.

• Type:

  Leading practice guides

  Managing the disciplinary process: Handling misconduct effectively

  Enhanced by creating three separate guides on managing the disciplinary process, to help you find the guidance you need. This initial guide focuses on the importance of handling discipline effectively.

• Type:

  Training

  Conducting a disciplinary investigation - line manager training

  Enhanced with a new version of the line manager training guide, covering: planning the investigation; key principles; holding investigatory meetings; and concluding the investigation. The guide also explains how to deal with specific issues that may arise during the investigation.

• Type:

  Training

  Conducting a disciplinary investigation quiz - line manager training

  Enhanced with an updated quiz to accompany the new version of our Conducting a disciplinary investigation - line manager training.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Disciplinary procedures and unfair dismissal: Tribunal round-up

  We look at four recent employment tribunal decisions where the unfair dismissal claim was successful because of procedural mistakes made by the employer during the disciplinary process.

• Type:

  Training

  Misconduct - line manager training

  Enhanced to include guidance on conducting remote disciplinary procedures.