Grievances

New and updated

• Date:

  4 March 2019

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

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

  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.

• Type:

  How to

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

  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.

• Type:

  FAQs

  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:

  Line manager briefings

  Grievances

  Updated to take account of the UK General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Is an employer obliged to provide notes on an investigation into a grievance to the employee who raised the grievance?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Must an employer disclose notes and witness statements produced during a grievance or disciplinary procedure if an employee requests them?

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter inviting employee to investigatory meeting regarding another employee's grievance

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter to an external witness requesting a witness statement regarding an internal grievance

  Updated to highlight the impact of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018, on this document.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Record of grievance hearing

  Updated to highlight the impact of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018, on this document.