Discipline

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  Policies and procedures

  Checklist for conducting disciplinary meeting

  A model checklist to set out the process to be used during formal disciplinary meetings.

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  Employment law cases

  Investigation into gross misconduct: Court of Appeal decides what is reasonable

  The Court of Appeal has held that it was reasonable for the employer not to carry out a detailed investigation into an employee's explanations for unusually high travel expense claims as the employer had obtained sufficient evidence to decide that the employee's explanations were implausible.

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  Employment law cases

  Dismissed care worker's employment automatically revived when internal appeal upheld

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that where an internal appeal is successful, the contract of employment is automatically revived with retrospective effect.

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  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  David Malamatenios is a partner and Krishna Santra and Colin Makin are senior associates at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.

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  FAQs

  Can a defamatory comment posted by an employee on social media be used as evidence in the employee's disciplinary proceedings?

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  Employment law cases

  Covert recording during breaks in disciplinary and grievance hearings

  In DLA Piper's case of the week, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) considered whether or not the decision makers' private deliberations during breaks in a disciplinary or grievance hearing can be admissible in an employment tribunal.

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  Employment law cases

  Unfair dismissal: no obligation on employer to follow independent appeal panel

  In DLA Piper's case of the week, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) considered a case in which the employer was found to have fairly dismissed someone despite choosing not to follow the findings of an independent appeal panel.

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  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Neil Window is a trainee solicitor, Heather Marsh, Carly Mather, Associate and David Rintoul are associate solicitors, and Catherine Barker is managing associate at Addleshaw Goddard LLP. They round up the latest rulings.

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  Employment law cases

  Supreme Court restores injunction to prevent NHS trust from continuing flawed disciplinary procedure

  The Supreme Court has restored the High Court decision granting a doctor an injunction to prevent an NHS trust from continuing flawed disciplinary action against her without first restarting and completing an investigation under its disciplinary policy.

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  Employment law cases

  Disciplinary and grievance hearings: EAT reiterates that employers should not veto employee's choice of companion

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held for the second time in 2013 that there is no requirement for an employee's request to be accompanied by a particular companion to a discipline or grievance meeting to be reasonable, provided the chosen person meets the definition of a companion in the Employment Relations Act 1999.