{"id":108,"date":"2012-03-16T08:47:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-16T08:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sjbealehrconsult-co-uk.php5.hostingweb.co.uk\/blog\/?p=108"},"modified":"2013-11-22T10:45:33","modified_gmt":"2013-11-22T09:45:33","slug":"undertaking-a-disciplinary-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/undertaking-a-disciplinary-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Undertaking a Disciplinary Investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>It was reported recently that a union member was sacked by Salford Council for assault.\u00a0 He went to an employment tribunal and won his case for unfair dismissal.\u00a0 The tribunal found that the council had failed to establish that an assault had taken place.\u00a0 In fact the employee had merely brushed past the manager with whom he was having a heated disagreement in a narrow corridor.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Such a case highlights the importance of rigorous investigation before taking disciplinary action particularly dismissal.\u00a0 All witness should be thoroughly interviewed at least once if not several times if discrepancies come to light during the investigation process.\u00a0 They\u00a0should be interviewed individually using a question and answer format.\u00a0 Alternatively they should be asked to provide their own statement which should be done whilst supervised.\u00a0 All relevant paperwork\/evidence should also be collated.\u00a0 The process can be conducted by managers or, as it can take up time, by an experienced HR consultant. \u00a0Sufficient time should be taken to ensure the investigation is completed well and a comprehensive report written up.\u00a0 The investigation forms the basis of whether to go forward to a disciplinary hearing or not.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It should aim to leave no stone unturned and, if done correctly, can prevent a costly miscarriage of justice.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was reported recently that a union member was sacked by Salford Council for assault.\u00a0 He went to an employment tribunal and won his case for unfair dismissal.\u00a0 The tribunal found that the council had failed to establish that an assault had taken place.\u00a0 In fact the employee had merely brushed past the manager with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[317,318,143,116,316,144,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-disciplinary-hearing","category-disciplinary-interview","category-disciplinary-investigation","category-employment-tribunal","category-hr-consultant","category-investigation","category-unfair-dismissal"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Undertaking a Disciplinary Investigation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Undertaking a disciplinary investigation is important to find out the full facts before taking disciplinary action.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/undertaking-a-disciplinary-investigation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Undertaking a Disciplinary Investigation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Undertaking a disciplinary investigation is important to find out the full facts before taking disciplinary action.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/undertaking-a-disciplinary-investigation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-03-16T08:47:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-11-22T09:45:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/undertaking-a-disciplinary-investigation\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/undertaking-a-disciplinary-investigation\/\",\"name\":\"Undertaking a Disciplinary Investigation\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-03-16T08:47:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-11-22T09:45:33+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ce9566af1066e09f0036f8bffc5b0613\"},\"description\":\"Undertaking a disciplinary investigation is important to find out the full facts before taking disciplinary action.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/undertaking-a-disciplinary-investigation\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/undertaking-a-disciplinary-investigation\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/undertaking-a-disciplinary-investigation\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Undertaking a Disciplinary Investigation\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ce9566af1066e09f0036f8bffc5b0613\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/227097a841bf5933b6c34739813307a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/227097a841bf5933b6c34739813307a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Undertaking a Disciplinary Investigation","description":"Undertaking a disciplinary investigation is important to find out the full facts before taking disciplinary action.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/undertaking-a-disciplinary-investigation\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Undertaking a Disciplinary Investigation","og_description":"Undertaking a disciplinary investigation is important to find out the full facts before taking disciplinary action.","og_url":"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/undertaking-a-disciplinary-investigation\/","article_published_time":"2012-03-16T08:47:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2013-11-22T09:45:33+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/undertaking-a-disciplinary-investigation\/","url":"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/undertaking-a-disciplinary-investigation\/","name":"Undertaking a Disciplinary Investigation","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-03-16T08:47:00+00:00","dateModified":"2013-11-22T09:45:33+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ce9566af1066e09f0036f8bffc5b0613"},"description":"Undertaking a disciplinary investigation is important to find out the full facts before taking disciplinary action.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/undertaking-a-disciplinary-investigation\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/undertaking-a-disciplinary-investigation\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/undertaking-a-disciplinary-investigation\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Undertaking a Disciplinary Investigation"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/","name":"","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ce9566af1066e09f0036f8bffc5b0613","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/227097a841bf5933b6c34739813307a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/227097a841bf5933b6c34739813307a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"url":"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":991,"href":"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions\/991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}