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Right to be accompanied at disciplinary and grievance hearings - the companion

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Date: 13-05-2005

Publisher: XpertHR

Right to be accompanied at disciplinary and grievance hearings - the companion

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terms, conditions and employee rights

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Under the Employment Relations Act 1999, section 10 workers have the right to be accompanied at a disciplinary or grievance hearing by a companion of their choice from the following list.

The companion	Notes
A full-time trade union official	There is no necessity for the employer to recognise the union in question
A lay trade union official	The lay official must be reasonably certified by the union in writing as having experience of, or having received training in, acting as a worker's companion at such hearings
Another of the employer's workers	The employer has no control over which of its other workers would be a suitable companion, although no worker is obliged to act as a companion if he or she does not wish to do so

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