Grievance Documents

General employment complaints and disputes can sometimes be resolved through the informal communication process. However, occassionally employees may decide to take their grievances one stage further by lodging a formal grievance (which they are legally entitled to do), or by appealing against a formal grievance decision.

Most Popular Letters and Forms

Notice of Grievance Form
Invitation to a formal grievance hearing
Invitation to formal grievance appeal hearing

Our documents within this section are aimed at helping an employer manage activities associated with grievance and grievance appeal matters by making the process a more manageable task, including:

• informally dealing with minor disputes and grievances
  
• documenting all grievances and disputes
  
• inviting employees, in writing, to attend formal grievance hearings prior to making a decision
• investigating grievance matters prior to making a decision about a grievance
  
• giving employees sufficient time prior to formal grievance hearings in order to prepare for the meeting and arrange to be accompanied at the hearing, should they wish
• giving employees the opportunity to explain their point of view and any background information to support their case at all formal grievance hearings
  
• confirming, in writing, within a reasonable timeframe, the outcome of all formal grievance hearings and any grievance decision reached
  
• giving employees the right to appeal against formal grievance decisions
• inviting employees, in writing, to attend a grievance appeal hearing, and investigating matters raised, prior to making and communicating a grievance appeal decision
  
• reaching satisfactory conclusions in grievance situations
• complicance with UK Dispute Regulations

Related Topic

Disciplinary Documents