Disciplinary Policy

Disciplinary and Disciplinary Appeal policies and procedures are statements of how an organisation will deal with disciplinary matters relating to performance, conduct and behaviour.

These disciplinary and disciplinary appeal documents are designed to provide a straightforward path through a complex subject and comply with Statutory Disciplinary and Dismissal Procedures legislation ("DDP").

Policy Contents

This document guides a manager through the process of handling disciplinary issues (from an initial investigation through to conclusion) and also ensures employees are fully aware of what will happen, including:

• How informal disciplinary matters will be dealt with.
• The formal disciplinary process e.g. inviting employees to a disciplinary hearing, issuing disciplinary warnings and the next stage of events should things not improve.
• Disciplinary dismissal process e.g. dismissal with pay (following warnings) and dismissal without notice (gross misconduct).

The Disciplinary Policy also provide examples of what could constitute gross misconduct and how this will be dealt with.

Also included is a Disciplinary Appeal Policy, as employees have a legal right to appeal against the decision reached by a disciplinary hearing panel. Managers and employees should be aware of the disciplinary appeal process, and what to expect from it. An appeal should not simply repeat the original disciplinary process.

A disciplinary appeal chairperson should investigate the original sanction, and may decide to uphold the disciplinary decision, issue a different disciplinary sanction, or dismiss the original disciplinary case.