Podcast: Right to be accompanied in disciplinary hearings
On this week's XpertHR Weekly, we consider recent developments to the statutory right to be accompanied at a formal disciplinary or grievance hearing following the important decision in Toal and another v GB Oils Ltd, in which it was found that there is no requirement for an employee's choice of companion to be reasonable. We discuss the amendments to the Acas code of practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures as a consequence of this decision and two cases dealing with an employee's choice of companion in the context of a disciplinary procedure.
Presenter Sarah Anderson is joined by Stephen Simpson. Edited and produced by Laura Kimpton.
Podcast: Right to be accompanied in disciplinary hearings
Audio: XpertHR Weekly; 9 October 2015
Articles discussed on this week's podcast:
- Law reports > No requirement for choice of companion to be reasonable
- Law reports > Veto on trade union representative was unlawful
- Law reports > Refusal to allow employee to be accompanied by chosen companion at disciplinary investigation was breach of trust and confidence
- FAQs > Can an employer reject an employee's choice of companion for a disciplinary or grievance hearing?
- How to > How to deal with workers' statutory right to be accompanied at disciplinary and grievance hearings
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