Employment Law

	Subject: New discipline and grievance procedures 2004
	1		What is all this I hear about new disciplinary procedures?
	2		Who will be affected?
	3		What do we have to do, to make sure that we comply with the new regulations?
	4		When did the new regulations come into force?
	5		What are the exceptions?
	6		What is the 'modified' procedure?
	7		When can we use the 'modified' procedure?
	8		Are there any obligations on employees too?
	9		What happens if we do not follow the new procedures?
	10		What happens if employees do not follow the new procedures?
	11		An employee has resigned, claiming constructive dismissal, but has written with her grievances. What do we do about this?
	12		An employee is claiming constructive dismissal because we have demoted him, but he has not raised a grievance. Will his case be automatically thrown out?
	13		We have someone appealing against our findings in a disciplinary case, and raising a grievance because he claims we discriminated on grounds of sex in bringing it. How do we handle this?