Employee Handbook (HBEU) - HSBC careers site

(viii) You acknowledge that damages will not be an adequate remedy for any breach of therestrictions set out 1.19.2 (i and ii) and you shall not seek to resist an application for aninjunction in respect of any breach or threatened breach of any or all of the restrictions on thegrounds that there is an alternative adequate remedy in damages.Specific obligations apply to Salesforce employees on Regulated Salesforce Grades and areset out in your offer letter.1.20 Disciplinary1.20.1 Rules and ProcedureContravention of any of the terms of your contract of employment or the bank’s standards ofconduct, rules, regulations, compliance requirements and other rules which may apply to youis viewed most seriously and will normally result in disciplinary action (which could includedismissal) being taken under the bank's Disciplinary Procedures.The bank’s Disciplinary procedures - HSBC Bank plc are set out in the HR ProceduresManual, which are available from your line manager or on the bank intranet at your place ofwork.If you are dissatisfied with a disciplinary decision relating to you, then you can appeal to HRService Delivery (Employee Relations Team, HR Service Delivery, Mayfields Court, MaylandsAvenue, Hemel Hempstead Herts, HP2 4SE) or other person, as set out in the DisciplinaryProcedures. Such appeals will normally be held by a level of management above the levelresponsible for the decision. Full details of how to go about this and the steps that follow suchan application are set out in full in the Disciplinary Procedures.1.20.2 Disciplinary SanctionsWhere you have been the subject of disciplinary action under the Disciplinary Procedures andafter the procedure has been exhausted it is decided a disciplinary sanction, short ofdismissal, should be imposed, the bank may impose on you one or more of the followingsanctions:-(a) a disciplinary transfer to an alternative place of work;(b) a downgrading with reduction in pay;(c) forfeiture of pay; loss of a specified amount of pay related to an offence(s);(d) stoppage/postponement of your next pay award, either salary and/or incentive payment;(e) reduction in payeither in addition to or in replacement of any other disciplinary sanction which appearsappropriate to the particular circumstances.1.21 Grievance ProcedureIf you have a grievance related to your employment, you have a right to apply in writing forredress. Full details of how you should go about this, including the person to whom youshould apply, and how your grievance will be dealt with are set out in the bank’s grievanceprocedure. The Individual grievance procedures - HSBC Bank plc is set out in the HRProcedures Manual, which is available from your line manager or on the bank’s intranet atyour place of work.1.22 Variation and ChangesAny variations and changes to your individual terms and conditions of employment will benotified to you in writing within one month of the change(s), either by circular or via your paystatement.1.23 Collective Agreement and Employee Representation