In unfair dismissal claims, employment tribunals take the “Acas code of practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures” into account where relevant and may increase an award of compensation by up ...
In Phoenix House Ltd v Stockman UKEAT/0264/15, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) considered whether the ACAS Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures (Code) applies to dismissals ...
During the employment relationship there may be situations where the informal approach to manage conduct is not appropriate. This may be because the manager has already tried to address the conduct ...
Acas reports has helped businesses avoid more than 2,000 employment tribunal claims in just seven months since the introduction of the Pre-Claim Conciliation (PCC) service. The PCC service aims to ...
Should employers be concerned that their disciplinary processes may land them in hot water if an employee claims their human rights have been breached? This was an issue faced by an NHS Foundation ...