Appealing a disciplinary

[huglessduglas]

I’ve previously posted about a few work issues but things have escalated.

On Wednesday I received an email telling me I had a meeting the next day with my HOD and office manager and HR re my performance at work
No further details
No mention of disciplinary
Was offered to take someone but chose not to as too short notice for union.

At meeting three failings put to me - all very minor ie an invoice scanned upside down, an invoice saved in wrong month and an invoice saved with a very slight typo.

Hr did not attend in the end

Today I received a letter saying written warning.

At no point during the meeting was I told it was a disciplinary or any action was possible I thought it was performance review.

I’ve checked our policy in my t&c and it states that at all stages of disciplinary I should be given written details of the “offence” so that I can prepare - this also did not happen

Can I appeal on these grounds?

Yes you can appeal and they should have told you who you can appeal to and when by (but I bet they haven't.)

They haven't followed either their own process or the acas one.

They should also have given you reasonable notice for the meeting and set out the reasons for the meeting to give you chance to prepare.

And advised it was a disciplinary meeting and what a possible outcome could be.

And you had the right to be accompanied by a colleague or union rep

I bet if you appeal it, they'll overturn it based on a lack of best practice.

Thank you all
I’m the only person in the company in a union - carried over from previous employment so I think timing was to prevent union involvement.
But glad to hear that my feelings that the whole procedure was wrong seem right