Grievances

New and updated

• Letter responding to an ex-employee who has raised a grievance

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to include information on Base Childrenswear Ltd v Otshudi in which the EAT considered the level of compensation where, among other things, the ex-employee’s post-termination grievance was ignored.

• Is an employer required to deal with a grievance raised by an ex-employee?

  Type:

  FAQs

• Grievance procedures

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on Base Childrenswear v Otshudi, in which the EAT considered the level of compensation where, among other things, the employee’s post-termination grievance was ignored.

• Coming soon to XpertHR

  Type:

  Editor's choice

  Updated to include information on the forthcoming Podcast: Dress and appearance in the workplace.

• Letter informing an employee of the outcome of a grievance that a fellow employee has raised against them

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  A model letter to inform an employee of the outcome of a grievance that a fellow employee has raised against them.

• Podcast: Dealing fairly with disciplinary and grievance situations

  Date:

  16 April 2019

  Type:

  Audio and video

  We are joined by Max Winthrop to go through the steps that employers need to take to ensure fair and robust disciplinary and grievance procedures.

• Compensation - discipline and grievance hearings

  Type:

  Quick reference

  Updated to take into account an increase in the cap on a week's pay, with effect from 6 April 2019.

• Updated Acas discipline and grievance guide: What's new for employers?

  Date:

  4 March 2019

  Type:

  Legal guidance

  In February 2019, Acas made changes to its guide on discipline and grievances, which complements the "Acas code of practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures". We set out the key updates, in particular the amended guidance on workers seeking to postpone a disciplinary hearing because their preferred companion is unavailable.

• How to deal with workers' statutory right to be accompanied at disciplinary and grievance hearings

  Type:

  How to

  Updated to include information on Talon Engineering Ltd v Smith, concerning the employer's refusal to postpone a disciplinary hearing to allow the employee to be accompanied.

• What happens if the companion is not available at the time chosen for a disciplinary or grievance hearing?

  Type:

  FAQs