This Practice Note explains the application of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) Code of Practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures (often...
This Practice Note explains the effects of non-compliance with the provisions of the Acas Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures. Both employers and...
The Acas Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures places obligations on both employees and employers to comply with its provisions or face possible...
Performance management is central to the relationship between employee and manager. Both should know what needs to be done to meet their own goals and contribute to those...
An informal performance management meeting can usefully be divided into two phases: • explaining in discussion with the employee what the gap is between his actual...
An appraisal process can deliver significant improvements in morale, skills and staff retention, but to achieve these goals everyone involved needs to understand how to...
Performance management is central to the relationship between employee and manager. Both should know what needs to be done to meet their own goals and contribute to those...
The essence of any performance management process is the relationship between employee and manager. Both should know what needs to be done to meet their own goals and...
Following a disciplinary investigation which leads to a recommendation that a disciplinary hearing be convened (see Advising managers: how to conduct a disciplinary...
Where a conduct issue arises in the workplace, the first stage in managing that issue is to investigate the problem, in order to establish the facts of the case. This is...
In cases of apparent misconduct, the first stage is for a disciplinary investigation to be conducted. Once that is complete, the investigator will review the evidence....
A suspension is a period of time when an employee is required by their employer to abstain from their normal work. If the employee usually works at the employer's...
Under-performing employees can cause a serious drain on management time and also have a knock-on effect on the treatment of other employees: • employees who are...
[Insert details of the voting group as determined by the employer eg the whole workforce, night shift, day shift, management, non-management or department] Candidate...
This Practice Note discusses the impact of Brexit on the general processing of personal data under the General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679...
Brexit: As of exit day (31 January 2020), the UK is no longer an EU Member State, but it has entered an implementation period during which it continues to be treated by...
It is highly likely that an employer will, at some time during the employment relationship, wish to change the terms and conditions on which any particular employee or...
Failures to comply with the right to be accompanied Workers may present a complaint to an employment tribunal where the employer has failed, or threatened to fail, to: •...
1 Data Protection 1.1 We will process personal data and sensitive personal data (also known as ‘special categories of personal data’)[ and criminal records data] relating...
1 Introduction 1.1 The Code of Conduct and the Disciplinary Procedure set out below are designed to ensure that all employees of the Company are treated fairly and...
1 Purpose and scope of the procedure 1.1 The code of conduct and disciplinary procedure set out below are designed to ensure that all employees of the Company are treated...
Information and consultation is a vital part of any kind of dismissal and, if the employer wishes to minimise the risk of liability to pay compensation to affected...
This Practice Note considers the circumstances in which the statutory consultation obligations in a collective redundancy situation will be triggered. Information and...
This Practice Note focuses on the key points for public authorities to consider when complying with a freedom of information request. Under the Freedom of Information Act...
An employee is entitled to a statutory redundancy payment when: • he has been continuously employed for not less than two years • he has been dismissed, and • the...
STOP PRESS: On 10 May 2020, the Prime Minister announced the first step in modifying the government’s lockdown measures, and in particular a change in emphasis in...
