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Christmas Closure  – Our office will be closed from the 22nd of December at 12pm and will reopen on the 2nd of January at 9am

 

Disciplinary

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Disciplinary

The unexpected outcome in a disciplinary case where the figures did not add up

07 March 2018
When Joel was accused of performing badly at work he expected to be sacked. Joel was working in advertising sales and allegedly failing to hit targets. When he first met our representative h...

Help is at hand for the boss accused of wrongdoing

28 February 2018
While managers may be used to conducting disciplinary proceedings against staff they do occasionally find themselves on the wrong end of the allegations. Our representatives at Castle Associ...

Disciplinary for Facebook message

21 February 2018
The writing really could be on the wall for inappropriate social media posts It’s understandable that from time to time employees will want to vent their frustrations about work, but doing s...

Arrested but cleared and being disciplined

14 February 2018
Having to deal with far worse than a nasty hangover after a night out. An employee accused of a serious crime, arrested, questioned and cleared could be forgiven for thinking that is the end...

Moving the disciplinary goalposts and scoring an own goal

07 February 2018
At Castle Associates our representatives are sticklers for detail and it really can make all of the difference when an employee is facing dismissal. It is not uncommon for an employer to lev...

no evidence to support disciplinary allegation

31 January 2018
When no evidence really should mean no case to answer For an innocent employee accused of wrongdoing the first thing they are eager to see is the evidence against them so that they can clear...

When no evidence really should mean no case to answer

17 January 2018
For an innocent employee accused of wrongdoing the first thing they are eager to see is the evidence against them so that they can clear their name. And when there is no evidence to justify ...

Facing an unfair cut from your dream job

11 January 2018
Being called a liar and fraudster is tough to take at the best of times but when it’s by your boss at your first ever job it is extremely distressing.Devastated Toni was an apprentice hairdresser w...

Disciplining an employee when a previous warning is past its expiry date

11 January 2018
Having to discipline the same worker some time later for exactly the same allegation is not always as straightforward as it seems.An employer may be tempted to take the view that the employee has b...

How to complain when serious problems arise in the workplace

02 January 2018
Life in the workplace does not always run smoothly and as an employee there may come a time when you have cause for serious complaint. If this is the case you can raise a formal grievance (1...

Accused of theft but innocent

19 December 2017
To be labelled a liar and thief by your employer and urged to resign rather than be sacked is probably as bad as it can get for an employee. This is exactly the position Ged found himself in...

The importance of keeping up to date with employment law

18 December 2017
It has never been more important for employers to be up to date with ever changing and complex employment law legislation. Many employers may have been lulled into a false sense of security in...

Can employers include previous incidents in a disciplinary investigation report

15 December 2017
The answer is yes.In the recent Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) case NHS 24 v Pillar(1) , the EAT held that it is not necessarily unfair to include additional information, such as past incide...

disciplinary action after being arrested

13 December 2017
You may be unsure what welcome to expect when returning to work having saved someone from a vicious beating – but the threat of the sack is not one of them. This is the position Callum found...

Facing disciplinary action because of a new policy

04 December 2017
To be the first person to face disciplinary action under a new rule is likely to leave any employee feeling victimised. Any change to a workplace culture will usually take some getting used ...

Wrongly accused by Manager

29 November 2017
Praying for a miracle when wrongly accused of gross negligence When a manager makes a mistake resulting in you facing disciplinary action the battle to clear your name can feel like an impos...

How to avoid feeling sick when dealing with an employee’s illness

22 November 2017
There are many matters employers need to handle with great care and sensitivity and dealing with sicknesses absence is one of them.Whenever employees are off work there are cost implications and it...

Facing dismissal for an honest error of judgement.

13 November 2017
It’s incredibly difficult to go through working life without making a genuine mistake and when it leaves you facing the sack it can become a real life nightmare. In such circumstances our re...

Fighting to save your job when the odds are stacked against you

07 November 2017
There are some workplace acts committed by an employee that are usually considered indefensible. So when Paul punched and knocked out a colleague at the Sheffield depot where he worked he ac...

When a rubbish case leads to an unfair dismissal

14 August 2017
Being unfairly accused of wrongdoing by your employer is bad enough…being accused of stealing from company rubbish is even worse.Dynamic mechanic Jimmy used to rummage through the scrap bin outside...