Case Studies
The need to focus on other important issues with poor performance.
Living with a long-term mental health issue is incredibly difficult, so to lose your job as a direct result of it can feel cruel and extremely unfair.
Airport-based retail assistant Leah was fired f…
Help when facing an unfair disciplinary battle
You would like to think that if anyone saw a co-worker in distress they would try to help, well Kevin did just that - but it backfired dramatically.
When a colleague in his team was being shouted at…
The clarity that comes when looking deeper into witness statements
If you deny a serious allegation but colleagues suggest you are guilty, what are the chances of you being able to prove your innocence?
Davina thought zero. It was despite the fact she categorically…
A prescribed outcome to address any ill feeling caused by a disciplinary process.
Retail assistant Fred would be the first to say he was ‘old school’ and if he had a job to do he would do it no matter what.
He was not one to complain. But Fred had no choice when poor health left…
Finding the right words to help when good intentions get lost in translation
Fitness enthusiast Alina faced a fight to save her job after sharing her passion for healthy living with an ‘overweight’ colleague. The hotel housekeeper honestly thought she was doing the right thi…
Serving up a disciplinary process without the main ingredient of fairness
It is so easy for us to go online and criticise a bad service provider - and one such review left a nasty taste with restaurant worker Caine.
A scathing online critique said to be about the waiter m…
Unnecessary pain caused by a hurtful disciplinary process
After courageous Niamh raised serious concerns about colleagues at work, she was justified in feeling aggrieved when she was the one left fighting to save her job The dental assistant reported two de…
Cleaning up a real mess of a disciplinary process
When hospital worker Georgina dropped a tray of food and drink it left her facing an extraordinary disciplinary process in a fight to save her job.
The ward hostess, whose duties involved serving me…
How we can all learn from a poor disciplinary process
When Zara appeared to criticise a colleague in an attempt to be helpful, the reaction to it left her shocked.
The further education tutor was accused of undermining a colleague and bringing he…
Expert intervention to address an employer’s poor disciplinary performance
Furious Jules was determined to get justice after being sacked - but she did not want her job back, so you could be forgiven for asking: what did she want?
The family support worker was dismissed fo…
Threatened with dismissal for raising legitimate health and safety concerns
When social distancing was advised and mask wearing encouraged shop worker Jill had good reason to want colleagues and customers to adhere to both.
Jill, considered a key worker, worked throughout t…
When patience proved to be more than a virtue in a disciplinary case
‘Bob the builder’ an allegation of demanding money with menaces and a missed drugs test was a mix that made for one of our most interesting disciplinary cases.
Construction worker Bobby, also known…
