An Employee has Submitted a Grievance While Engaged in a Disciplinary Process: How do I Handle it?

Tughans LLP on employment law and difficult workplace scenarios.

For May 2024, we have asked the employment team at Tughans LLP to provide practical answers to unusual, sensitive or complex work-related queries. We call this feature “How do I handle it?”

The articles are aimed at HR professionals and other managers who may need to deal, from time to time, with the less commonplace disputes at work; issues that may, if handled incorrectly, lead to claims for discrimination, constructive dismissal or some other serious difficulty.

This month’s problem concerns:

“We are currently engaged in a disciplinary process with an employee for gross misconduct. The employee has submitted a grievance,