June 2020
A new Acas guidance ‘Disciplinary and grievance procedures during the coronavirus pandemic’ sets out recommendations and best practice for employers to follow when handling disciplinary and/or grievance issues during the coronavirus pandemic, to reduce possible legal challenges from employees.
March 2020
Employers should note that they are entitled to take an employee’s private life into account when the employee is undergoing disciplinary proceedings, provided it is proportionate to do so.
March 2020
Employers should ensure that it is made clear to employees involved in a disciplinary procedure that they are to pass on all relevant facts of which they become aware to the person making the decision whether to dismiss or not. Otherwise a dismissal risks being found to be procedurally unfair, following a recent legal ruling.
eBooks
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Dealing with grievances
This chapter looks at dealing with grievances and deals with grievance procedures, handling a grievance, bullying and harassment, appeals against grading and
Handling disciplinary issues
This chapter looks at disciplinary issues and deals with rules, procedures, hearings, disciplinary action and appeals against disciplinary action.
Tackle office nightmares: how to cope with tricky situations and people
Solutions to common office problems.
Acas guidance
Advice, guidance and practical resources on a wide variety of recruitment topics for both employers and employees, produced by the
Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service, Acas. Acas is the employment relations service for England, Scotland and Wales offering practical, independent and impartial advice to employers, employees and their representatives.
Acas
Acas guidance for both employers and employees on workplace bullying and harassment
Acas
June 2019
Acas step-by-step guide for all employers of all sizes on how to go about conducting a disciplinary investigation, from deciding whether an investigation is necessary through to submitting a report.
Acas
Acas advice for employers and employees on disciplinary procedures, covering common questions and answers. Includes a short video covering whether an employee can be disciplined or their employment terminated while on sick leave.
Online articles
The Library provides access to leading business, finance and management journals. These journals are available to logged-in ICAEW members, ACA students and other entitled users subject to suppliers' terms of use.
"Disciplining" adults is wrong
The article discusses the ineffective practice of punishing employees which cannot teach a new behavior or solve a problem. Topics covered include steps in progressive discipline policies, the need for an employee and the supervisor to work together in solving a problem, and an adult conversation system based on employee qualities of being cooperative, uncooperative, or disrespectful.
Disciplinaries and grievances
The article discusses areas of concern for human resource (HR) professionals, with emphasis on handling grievances and managing disciplinaries, and how to overcome these workplace problems. It points out potential problems of having inexperienced managers and suggests that managers' reactions to performance and conduct issues within their team should be objective. Also mentioned are having a clear policy on employee misconduct and setting a code of conduct to prevent bullying and harassment.
#AccountingToo: Sexual harassment all too common
The article reports on the trends of the sexual harassment incidents involving accounting professionals. Topics discussed include the various forms of harassment both in men and women such as inappropriate questions, innuendo or joke, the various factors contributing to less prevalence of the incident such as the work pressure, the size of the firm, and professionalism, and the concerns of women accountants on how their firms respond to the sexual misconduct in their firms.
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