Dismissal: Shaping New Developments into Solution-Focused Answers for Employers 2023

Capability - Paul Jennings, Bates Wells. When and how do you start a capability process when all reasonable adjustments have been exhausted, but absence continues, or contractual obligations are only partially fulfilled?

• Conference: Law for HR 2023
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Chair's Introduction - Catherine Taylor, CMS

• Conference: Law for HR 2023
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Disciplinary hearings - Jennifer Millins, Mishcon de Reya. How can you proceed with a disciplinary hearing when the employee: 1) Is absent due to prolonged ill health? 2) Refuses to attend? 3) Counters with a series of grievances?

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Frequent absence - Nicola Rabson, Linklaters. How do you amend trigger points and progress warnings for frequent short-term absences due to an underlying mental health condition?

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Frequent absence (NTS)- Nicola Rabson, Linklaters. How do you amend trigger points and progress warnings for frequent short-term absences due to an underlying mental health condition?

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Gross misconduct - Paul Fontes, Eversheds Sutherland. To what extent should a decision manager consider an employee's mental health when hearing their discipline case concerning a gross misconduct matter?

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Investigations - Emma Burrows, Trowers. How do you establish "reasonable" grounds from statements where one employee has accused the other of misconduct - one word against another?

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SOSR - Gareth Brahams, Brahams Dutt Badrick French. How do you safely use SOSR as the reason for dismissal when a working relationship has broken down, even if the employee may not recognise this?

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SOSR (NTS) - Gareth Brahams, Brahams Dutt Badrick French. How do you safely use SOSR as the reason for dismissal when a working relationship has broken down, even if the employee may not recognise this?

• Conference: Law for HR 2023
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