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- Type:
- Policies and documents
Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.
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- Type:
- Policies and documents
Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.
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- Date:
- 21 December 2017
- Type:
- Survey analysis
XpertHR's survey of 324 employers explores the level of discipline and grievance activity among employees, and employer practice in this area.
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- Date:
- 20 April 2017
- Type:
- Law reports
An employment tribunal has held that the employer breached the claimant's right to be accompanied when it refused to allow his chosen companions, trade union representatives, to accompany him at a disciplinary appeal hearing. However, it awarded compensation of £2 only, on the basis that the employer had understandable reasons for the refusal.
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- Date:
- 20 April 2017
- Type:
- Law reports
The Court of Appeal has held that the employer was not required to match each category of gross misconduct to each allegation
and that how the conduct was eventually categorised was a matter for the decision-maker after all the evidence had been adduced.
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- Date:
- 1 January 2017
- Type:
- Law reports
In Khan v Stripestar Ltd EAT/0022/15, the EAT held that an employment tribunal was entitled to find that a dismissal was fair despite a wholly defective and unfair initial disciplinary hearing, because the subsequent internal appeal cured the defects earlier in the process.
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- Date:
- 17 November 2016
- Type:
- Law reports
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that where an employee is dismissed for misconduct following an earlier warning that the tribunal has found to be manifestly inappropriate, the tribunal must examine the weight the employer attached to that warning in deciding whether or not the decision to dismiss was within the range of reasonable responses.
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- Date:
- 7 October 2016
- Type:
- Podcasts and webinars
In this week's feature-length podcast, we are joined by special guests Nicky Stibbs and Max Winthrop to discuss some common areas of concern around the termination of employment.
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- Date:
- 9 August 2016
- Type:
- Law reports
In DLA Piper's latest case report, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) confirmed that the Acas code of practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures does not apply to dismissals on the ground of ill health where there is no element of culpability on the part of the employee.
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- Date:
- 21 July 2016
- Type:
- Law reports
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that there are no limitations on the nature and extent of the deficiencies in a first stage disciplinary procedure that can be cured by a thorough and effective appeal.
