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Disciplinary policy: procedure & rules
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At each stage of the procedure:
SECTION 2.11
TERMS & CONDITIONS
• a thorough investigation will be conducted;
• where it is necessary to take disciplinary action against an employee, the
employee will be advised in writing of the nature of the complaint against
him or her and will be given the opportunity to state his or her case;
• the employee will have the right to be accompanied to the disciplinary
hearing by a fellow employee or employee representative;
The outcome of any disciplinary proceedings and the steps to be taken to
lodge an appeal against the decision will be confirmed to the employee in
writing and a record of the disciplinary proceedings and decision will be
placed on his or her personnel file. A copy of the notes from the
disciplinary proceedings will be supplied to the employee if requested.
An employee will have the right to appeal against any disciplinary action
which is taken against him or her.
We expect that any minor problems will be dealt with informally by a
Supervising College Officer or Head of Department, but where the matter
is more serious, the following procedure will be followed:
Stage 1 – Oral Warning
If an employee’s conduct or performance does not meet acceptable
standards, the employee will normally be given a formal oral warning by
his or her Supervising College Officer or Head of Department. He or she
will be advised of the reason for the warning, that this is the first stage of
the disciplinary procedure, and of his or her right of appeal. A brief note
of this oral warning will be retained on the personnel file, but will be
disregarded for disciplinary purposes after six months, provided that we
are satisfied with an employee’s ongoing conduct and performance.
Disciplinary procedure
stages
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