Your Employment Webinar 29 September 2022 - 'Grievance process and tricky legal issues"

Dealing with grievances effectively is a great way for employers to enhance their organisation’s culture and to reduce risk and liability.

That said, the grievance process can give rise to some complex and difficult legal problems, which we will address.

Topics covered in this recording:

1. The grievance process generally:-

i) overview – legally speaking, what is a grievance?
ii) the statutory ACAS Code of Practice and 25% uplifts and downshifts to compensation;
iii) dealing with internal contractual and non-contractual grievance procedures – how should they be written?
iv) Do you need to investigate a grievance?
v) Who should hear the grievance?

2. Dealing with grievances - tricky issues:-

i) What to do if the employee goes off sick?
ii) What is the difference between a grievance and a bullying and harassment complaint?
iii) Should your grievance process have an appeal stage?
iv) How to go about rejecting a grievance;
v) Dealing with ex-employees who raise grievances – do they still need to be heard?
vi) When your company is in the wrong - our top tips to minimise liability and the potential for future litigation;
vii) Dealing with malicious grievances;
viii) What happens if the grievance contains a whistleblowing allegation?
ix) What happens if “without prejudice” points are raised?
x) What if a grievance is raised during a disciplinary process?

We hope that you find this update useful and feel free to get in touch if you have any questions.

Jones Chase is a specialist employment law firm based in the centre of London with an excellent track record of looking after those that we assist.

Drop us a line at [email protected] - 0203 837 9914 or visit https://joneschase.com/