Employer instigates disciplinary process. Employee promptly raises grievance. Few employers will be lucky enough not to have come across this situation. In many cases their response is to put the disciplinary process on hold until they have dealt with the grievance - sometimes prolonging the issue for months. But is this really necessary?
There’s no legal requirement behind this, and the new Acas code of practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures merely suggests that a disciplinary process “may” be temporarily suspended in order to deal with the grievance.
In the absence of any direct law on the subject, XpertHR examines the practical issues surrounding the subject in an updated “how to” article on the subject.
Dealing with grievances raised during disciplinary procedures [on Business Link website]
Acas code of practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures [on Acas website]
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