Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures Workshop

Duration 1 Day

Who Should Attend?

Managers, supervisors or team leaders who have responsibility for the management of employees

Benefits

• Understand the need to follow procedure to avoid unfair dismissal claims and to be able to effectively cost and evaluate the implications and risks for not doing so.

• Achieve effective working relationships and reduce the risk of litigation by dealing objectively rather than subjectively with employee issues,

• Ensuring you can successfully defend cases of litigation and have the reputation of a good employer.

Overview

This workshop covers what managers need to know about their legal obligations and how to undertake the process within the requirements of the Employment Act 2002.

Many things lead up to the use of formal procedures and many issues can be resolved without using them. However, sometimes their use is inevitable.

The laws of natural justice and case law are used as the bedrock for the workshop. The workshop will be a mixture of factual law, looking at real life case studies, discussion of delegates own experiences.

Objectives

By the end of the workshop, you will be able to:

• Understand the statutory requirement and the potential outcomes for denying employees their rights

• Make reasonable and fair decisions on disciplinary and grievance issues

• Understand the basic protocols for meetings and hearings with staff

• Prepare the paperwork.

• Recognise the benefits to the individual, the manager and the company of following procedures.

Content

The workshop covers the following areas:

• Natural Laws of Justice

• Statutory Disciplinary and Grievance procedures being implemented in October 2004

• When and how to take action

• Investigation and decision making

• Handling a hearing or meeting

• Recording the events.

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