This Disciplinary and Grievance Procedure has been designed to comply with the ACAS Code, and all employers are required to comply with ACAS' minimum statutory procedures on grievance and dismissal.

Disciplinary and Grievance rules and procedures will provide you with a system to effectively and fairly manage employee relations issues in the business, including misconduct, underperformance, grievances and conflict etc…

By law you are required to tell employees about your Disciplinary and Grievance procedures. The best way to do this is have an ACAS code compliant Grievance and Disciplinary Procedure and to supply this to your staff as part of the Employee Handbook or as an individual document.

If you are faced with a tribunal claim from an employee, a tribunal can increase any potential awards against your company by up to 25% if it is found that you have failed to follow the Disciplinary and Grievance code.

There has been a 56% rise in accepted employment tribunal claims between 2009 and 2010, meaning the chances of you, the employer, being taken to tribunal are increasing significantly every year.

You can purchase a Grievance and Disciplinary Procedure for less than £10 off of the shelf, which is significantly less than you stand to lose should your business be taken to employment tribunal.