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Click to show the answer Why is it important for employers to have clear disciplinary rules and procedures?

Click to show the answer What are an employer's minimum obligations with regard to disciplinary rules and procedures?

Click to show the answer Which areas should be covered in a company's disciplinary rules?

Click to show the answer What are the pros and cons of making a disciplinary procedure contractual?

Click to show the answer In what circumstances can a misconduct issue be resolved informally?

Click to show the answer In what circumstances will it not be appropriate to try to resolve an issue of misconduct on an informal basis?

Click to show the answer Does an employee have the right to be accompanied by a colleague or trade union official at an informal meeting to discuss minor misconduct?

Click to show the answer Should employers have written rules on work-related social events?

Click to show the answer Can an employer dismiss an employee with less than a year's service without following its disciplinary procedure?

Click to show the answer Will invoking the company disciplinary procedure be the best means of dealing with all instances of absence and poor performance?

Click to show the answer Is there a set number of warnings that an employer must give an employee prior to dismissal?

Click to show the answer What should an employer do on becoming aware that an employee has committed an act of misconduct?

Click to show the answer What is gross misconduct?

Click to show the answer What can an employer do where it suspects that an employee has committed an act of gross misconduct, but has no concrete proof?

Click to show the answer When is it appropriate to suspend an employee who is suspected of misconduct?

Click to show the answer Are there circumstances in which an employer can suspend without pay pending a disciplinary hearing?

Click to show the answer Does an employer risk a tribunal claim if it suspends an employee pending the outcome of a disciplinary investigation?

Click to show the answer If an employer wishes to suspend an employee during a disciplinary investigation, must it have a contractual power allowing it to do so?

Click to show the answer How can an employee challenge a decision to suspend him or her pending the outcome of a disciplinary investigation?

Click to show the answer Will it always be necessary to hold an investigatory meeting with an employee suspected of misconduct?

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