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The law of employment

Disciplinary procedures

It is common practice for a company to have written disciplinary rules and procedures
to deal with employee performance and conduct. Staff should be notified about
these rules and procedures.

The rules should state what is acceptable and unacceptable behaviour in the
workplace and what action will be taken if the rules are broken.

The rules should also clearly say when someone might face disciplinary action and
what that action could be. Employees should also be provided with the name of
someone they should appeal to if they are unhappy about a disciplinary decision.

The disciplinary rules should give examples of what will be treated as gross
misconduct. This is misconduct judged so serious that it is likely to lead to dismissal
without notice, e.g. fraud and theft.

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