Grievances

New and updated

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  Employment law cases

  Grievance and disciplinary hearings: choice of companion does not need to be reasonable

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held 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 companion is within one of the categories set out in s.10(3) of the Employment Relations Act 1999.

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  Letters and forms

  Letter explaining that no further action will be taken where grievance repeats earlier complaint

  A model letter explaining that no further action will be taken where an employee's grievance repeats an earlier complaint.

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  Letters and forms

  Letter explaining that new grievance will be dealt with as part of existing process

  A model letter explaining that a new grievance will be dealt with as part of an existing process.

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  Letters and forms

  Letter explaining that frivolous or trivial grievance issue will not be dealt with under grievance procedure

  A model letter explaining that a frivolous or trivial grievance issue will not be dealt with under the grievance procedure.

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  Tasks

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

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  Tasks

  Deal with a grievance that repeats an earlier complaint from the employee

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  Employment law guide

  Northern Ireland: discipline and grievances

  This guide sets out the differences between the law on discipline and grievances in Northern Ireland compared with Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland).

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  Tasks

  Inform an employee of the outcome of their grievance

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  Tasks

  Respond where an ex-employee raises a grievance

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  Tasks

  Prepare for a grievance appeal hearing