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Right to be accompanied at disciplinary and grievance hearings - meaning of disciplinary and grievance hearings

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Date: 05-04-2009

Publisher: XpertHR

Right to be accompanied at disciplinary and grievance hearings - meaning of disciplinary and grievance hearings

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terms, conditions and employee rights

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Under s.10 of the Employment Relations Act 1999, workers have the right to be accompanied at a disciplinary or grievance hearing. For these purposes "disciplinary hearing" and "grievance hearing" are defined as follows.

Disciplinary hearing	Notes
A hearing that could result in: the administration of a formal warning the taking of some other action (for example suspension without pay, demotion or dismissal) the confirmation of a warning or some other action	Informal meetings and meetings to investigate an issue are not disciplinary hearings A grievance hearing could relate to a common law or statutory duty
Grievance hearing
A hearing concerning the performance of a duty by the employer in relation to the worker

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