Discipline

New and updated

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Richard Ryan, associate, Helen Ward, associate, and Tori O'Neil, trainee solicitor, Addleshaw Goddard, detail the latest rulings.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter informing employee on sick leave of outcome of disciplinary meeting that has gone ahead in their absence

  A model letter informing a sick employee of the outcome of a disciplinary meeting that has gone ahead in their absence.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter to sick employee postponing disciplinary meeting

  A model letter to a sick employee postponing a disciplinary meeting.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter informing sick employee that disciplinary meeting is going ahead in their absence

  A model letter informing a sick employee that a disciplinary meeting is going ahead in their absence.

• Type:

  How to

  How to resolve potential disciplinary issues informally

  Practical guidance on resolving potential disciplinary issues informally.

• Type:

  FAQs

  In what circumstances can a misconduct issue be resolved informally?

• Type:

  FAQs

  In what circumstances will it not be appropriate to try to resolve an issue of misconduct on an informal basis?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Does an employee have the right to be accompanied by a colleague or trade union official at an informal meeting to discuss minor misconduct?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Must a disciplinary or grievance hearing be held during an employee's normal working hours if these are outside normal office hours?

• Date:

  21 April 2010

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster) v Marshall and another

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that it will only rarely be unfair for an employer to proceed with a disciplinary hearing prior to holding a related grievance appeal hearing.