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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 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 from work pending an investigation?

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 Where an employer suspects that an employee is working under the influence of alcohol, what action can it take?

Click to show the answer Can an employee who is a witness to an incident be obliged to provide a witness statement?

Click to show the answer What is the purpose of a disciplinary interview?

Click to show the answer What is the difference between an investigatory interview and a disciplinary interview?

Click to show the answer Who should be present at a disciplinary interview?

Click to show the answer Do workers have the right to be accompanied at disciplinary hearings?

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