What should a disciplinary & grievance policy and procedure contain?
by Rachel Spencer (Advice Manager)
10 September 2009
Employers are reminded that from 6th April 2009, under the Employment Act 2008, the statutory minimum procedure was removed and replaced with non-prescriptive Acas guidelines which reflect reasonable behaviour.
Employers should therefore ensure that dismissal, disciplinary and grievance policies and procedures reflect the new Acas code of practice.
The new code is to be used as a benchmark by employment tribunals when considering the fairness or otherwise of an employers procedure and actions.
For sample policies email -
rachel@volaction.demon.co.uk
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