Disciplinary and grievance policies/procedures - fair due process

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No policies and procedures in place. Employers have sat on issues for several months, and now employee is expected to take part in disciplinary and grievance meetings with minimal notice.

How can this be considered a fair due process if one party has several months to decide what to do, 'investigate', 'gather 'evidence' and the party with less 'power' is given only one or two days to prepare for meetings?

The ACAS code sets out the legal minimum requirement. www.acas.org.uk/acas-code-of-practice-for-disciplinary-and-grievance-procedures/html. An employment tribunal would expect them to use this if they don’t have their own policy.

Talk to ACAS, but also consider sending the link to HR, the decision maker and the investigating officer. At the same time point them to paragraph 9 and ask for one week to prepare (para 11) after you have received the information.

@Alpinechalet Thank you.