Grievances

New and updated

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

  Date:

  20 June 2019

  Type:

  Legal guidance

  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

• 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.

• 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.

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

  Type:

  FAQs

• What redress is available if an employer fails to permit a worker to be accompanied at a disciplinary or grievance hearing?

  Type:

  FAQs