What To Include In Your Fair & Legal Disciplinary Policy
As an employer, it is imperative that you, first of all, create a disciplinary procedure and secondly make it accessible to all staff. This would include what type of performance and behaviour could lead to the dreaded disciplinary action. The procedure should also follow a structure for a fair and legal investigation.
Why Is a Disciplinary Policy / Procedure Necessary?
Having a disciplinary procedure in place helps to manage employees and ascertain any misconduct within the business. This is generally outlined in a staff handbook when they arrive at the business. Having a disciplinary procedure that follows the Acas code of practice will also put you in good stead should an investigation lead to a tribuneral.
What To Cover?
Our free download will give you clear guidance on what to include in your disciplinary policy, from defining misconduct to gross misconduct to detailing the fallout such as suspension from work and and subsequent meetings.
Generally, a policy will follow 4 stages outlined below:
Stage 1 – Formal Verbal Warning
Stage 2 – First Written Warning
Stage 3 – Final Written Warning
Stage 4 – Dismissal
Also included within your policy should be the procedure to appeal against disciplinary action, it is essential that employees have sufficient time to consider all the information.
We have also given you a head start with your invitation letter again available to download below for free as a taster for what is included within our HR Toolkit.
Why Use Our HR Toolkit?
Disciplining your staff is the last thing you want to be thinking of doing, but having the right tools by your side can relieve a huge amount of stress on you and your team during these testing times.
Human Resources on a whole CAN be a minefield, but stress no more, you can now have your documentation all stacked up and ready to download in one place.
From HR policies and business procedures to email advice we have you covered for just £90+VAT pcm (or £1,000+VAT pa)
Latest Trusted Documentation
We’ve teamed up with a specialist in the field, Nicky Silver who has 17+ years of experience in the field to develop and produce our documentation. These are all available on our all-in-one Health & Safety and HR portal IRM Connect.
We are also offering a 1-week demo of our portal to get you started.
