Discipline

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  Employment law cases

  "Over-authoritarian" manager should have been warned about possibility of dismissal

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal has upheld the employment tribunal decision that a manager was unfairly dismissed for behaving in an "over-authoritarian manner" because he was not warned that a possible consequence of continuing to act in this way was dismissal.

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  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  David Malamatenios is a partner and Colin Makin, Linda Quinn, Krishna Santra and Sandra Martins are associates at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.

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  Tasks

  Deal with the situation where an employee against whom disciplinary proceedings have been instigated resigns

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  Decide if a worker's request to be accompanied at a disciplinary hearing is reasonable

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  Deal informally with minor misconduct

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  Invite an employee suspected of misconduct to an investigatory meeting

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  Obtain witness statements in relation to a potential disciplinary issue

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  Start a disciplinary procedure in relation to a trade union representative

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  Handle the situation where an employee being taken through a disciplinary process raises a grievance

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  Hold an investigatory meeting with an employee suspected of misconduct