Respond to an employee's request to make a recording of a disciplinary or grievance hearing
Key points
Where an employee makes a request to make a recording of a disciplinary or grievance hearing, the employer is generally not obliged to agree to it.
The employer should inform the employee about the arrangements that it has made for making a record of the hearing and explain that the employee and/or their companion may also make notes during the hearing.
The employer should consider whether or not the duty to make reasonable adjustments for a disabled employee applies in the particular circumstances.
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