3. The Disciplinary Procedure

Steps to a Fair Disciplinary Procedure

The overriding principle behind any disciplinary procedure is to make sure that you act fairly and reasonably. As the name suggests, 'unfair' dismissal is when you fail to do this.

So what steps are there in making sure a disciplinary procedure is fair, and why is there this principle of fairness?

If you were dismissed or disciplined for something and the company had not bothered to look into all the facts and did not give you a chance to state your case, would you think this was fair? Probably not!

So these are two key steps in being fair, i.e. to investigate and make sure you have all the facts and to provide the individual...

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What steps make up a disciplinary procedure/process

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