It is a basic plank of a fair disciplinary dismissal that it be preceded by a reasonable investigation. But what is that, exactly? How much detail must you include in your enquiry, how many witnesses must you grill, how far back do you have to go, how far must you challenge or test the evidence … Continue Reading
It has long been assumed that once a warning is given it becomes pretty much fact, and therefore that later decisions, such as redundancy selection or next-stage disciplinary dismissals, can safely be built on top of it. After all, runs the argument, if the employee thought that the warning was not legitimate, he had the … Continue Reading
Yet another employment law dilemma in Poland has popped up in the media as we trudge towards the end of 2014. Not only Church vs State laws were stirring emotions (Church –v- State in Polish pregnancy dismissal claim) but also Saving Life – vs – Parking Properly was hot on the media agenda at the … Continue Reading
