Practical Employment Law: Discipline and Grievances NEW

Case study 1

What would you do if an employee of seven years service is deteriorating in performance and has exceeded their period of allocated sick leave? They have received a verbal warning years ago for poor time keeping, however, with recent medical evidence of depression and back related injuries, all factors must be considered to ensure you keep in line with the statutory guidelines. Your line manager however disagrees and believes the employee’s attitude is unacceptable and is looking to dismiss. 

• When can you take disciplinary action? 
• Could the employee be lawfully dismissed? 
• How do you manage absence and performance issues within the law?

This interactive case study provides HR with the opportunity to get to grips with the law on discipline and grievances when an employee has exhausted all of their allocated sick leave - and offers best practice advice for acting in line with the law.

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Case study 2

Imagine one of your employees has not made contact with work for the last two weeks. You have tried to be sympathetic as the employee has a history of medical problems, however serious errors have been made which, along with constant lateness, cannot be ignored. The account manager wants to start the disciplinary process:

• How will you prepare for the first meeting?
• Can the employee be accompanied?
• What further action can be taken?

This interactive case study will help HR professionals to understand the law on discipline and grievances and provide you with practical advice to apply to situations just like this in your own organisation. 

Case study 3

A member of your team is under performing. Other employees are unhappy because they are being made to work overtime to make up their colleague's workload and are pushing for something to be done about it. The absent employee has told HR that their sickness is due to stress because of their line manager's attitude towards them which has subsequently led to what they are describing as 'victimisation'.

• If you were the manager in question, what would you do?
• What aspects of employment law need to be considered? 

This interactive case study will help you to apply the law on discipline and grievances in your own organisation, and provides practical advice for resolving disputes effectively within the workplace.

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