Managing discipline and grievance training
Disciplinary situations are those that involve breaches in standards of conduct and wilful under-performance.
Grievances can be raised at any time by employees based on any issue, large or small, that they have with a colleague, manager or organisational policies, practices and procedures.
Both can take considerable management time and can be the cause of concern for managers.
It is essential that managers deal with these issues in a consistent, fair and legal manner in accordance to policy, procedure, best practice and legislation, as well as the needs of the business, so that they avoid damage and costly implications for the organisation.
This course will provide legal, technical and practical knowledge required to deal with both informal and formal disciplinary and grievance situations. It is ideal for those who have a responsibility for maintaining standards of behaviour in the workplace, conducting disciplinary and grievance investigations, hearings and appeals.
The course can be pitched at the relevant level for your organisation, from introductory to intermediate to advanced.
Course programme
Typical course content:
- Recognise the difference between informal and formal disciplinary and grievance situations.
- Understanding what is a capability matter and what is a conduct matter.
- The legislative framework.
- The use of suspension in disciplinary situations.
- The role of the work colleague / trade union representative.
- Linking misdemeanour with sanction.
- Understanding what constitutes gross misconduct.
- How to conduct a grievance investigation.
- Understand how an appeals procedure works.
Why train with Workplace Law?
Workplace Law offer bespoke training to suit the needs of your employees, culture and organisation and will provide them with the confidence to take an active and committed role within the process.
All of our trainers are HR professionals with 20+ years of hands-on experience working in every sector in small, medium and large organisations. Our HR professionals bring this unique knowledge and experience to ensure our training courses provide best practice and commercial advice with real-life experiences.
Benefits
- This course will help you to control both disciplinary and grievance situations, thus reducing the amount of management time required and the subsequent stress involved.
- By adopting a consistent and fair approach to these situations and handling them correctly you will not only make sure you comply with relevant employment legislation but also reduce the potential costs of Tribunals and damage to your company’s reputation.
