Grievance Documents

General employment complaints and disputes can sometimes be resolved through the informal communication process. However, occassionally employees may decide to take their grievances one stage further by lodging a formal grievance (which they are legally entitled to do), or by appealing against a formal grievance decision.

Our documents within this section are aimed at helping an employer manage activities associated with grievance and grievance appeal matters by making the process a more manageable task, including:

• informally dealing with minor disputes and grievances
  
• documenting all grievances and disputes
  
• inviting employees, in writing, to attend a formal grievance hearing prior to making a decision
• investigating grievance matters prior to making a decision about a grievance
  
• giving employees sufficient time prior to formal grievance hearings in order to prepare for the meeting and arrange to be accompanied at the hearing, should they wish
• giving employees the opportunity to explain their point of view and any background information to support their case at all formal grievance hearings
  
• confirming within a reasonable timeframe a grievance hearing decision reached and the outcome of the grievance hearing
  
• giving employees the right to appeal against formal grievance decisions
• inviting employees, in writing, to attend a grievance appeal hearing and investigating matters raised, prior to making a grievance appeal decision
• communicating in writing a grievance appeal decision
• reaching satisfactory conclusions in grievance situations
• complicance with UK Dispute Regulations

Employees have a legal right to raise a grievance and appeal a grievance hearing decision.

Our employee grievance documents are aimed at helping an employee raise a grievance with their employer and appeal a grievance hearing decision, as quickly and easily as possible.

Our employee documents ensure an employee fully explains their grievances (and appeal reasons) in writing to their employer, and includes both:

• a standard letter to send to an employer
  
• an extensive list of common grievance (and grievance appeal) reasons from which an employee can choose or add to when putting forward their case to their employer