Discipline and Grievance Issues

It is absolutely vital that you now follow the correct procedures in disciplinary and grievance matters. If you fail to do so, you could find yourself judged to have dismissed someone automatically unfairly.

Good procedures will not only enable you to stay on the right side of the law; they will also enable you to deal with disciplinary and grievance issues consistently and fairly, with a view to sorting them out before they become serious. This briefing covers:

• The legal requirements.
• Where the new procedures apply.
• Drawing up disciplinary rules.