Grievances

New and updated

• Investigations and Covid-19: employers need a pandemic-proof toolkit

  Date:

  27 May 2020

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Lockdown has presented difficulties for companies involved in internal investigations, dealing with whistleblowers, grievance claims and disciplinary processes. Ivor Adair examines the latest Acas guidance on the subject and explains the key issues and solutions.

• Grievance procedures

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Enhanced to include information on Acas guidance on grievance procedures during the coronavirus pandemic.

• Acas publishes coronavirus disciplinary and grievance guidance

  Date:

  6 May 2020

  Type:

  News

  Employers need to consider whether it is fair or reasonable to conduct a disciplinary or grievance procedure while staff are working from home, following social distancing guidelines at work, or are on furlough.

• Coronavirus lockdown: How can HR manage ongoing disciplinary issues?

  Date:

  17 April 2020

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  With the coronavirus crisis resulting in an unexpected period of homeworking for much of the workforce, consultant editor Darren Newman considers the approach HR might take to managing employee relations processes during this time.

• 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 2020.

• Whistleblowing v grievance: how should sexual harassment be raised?

  Date:

  20 June 2019

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Following high-profile allegations of sexual harassment by staff, employees are now more empowered to speak up about inappropriate behaviour than ever before. But how they raise their complaint also dictates how an organisation should handle it. Catherine McGrath explains.

• 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

• 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:

  Podcasts and webinars

  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.