Disciplinary Process

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Employee-favourable 2025

When a client wants someone removed, your employer still has to investigate first.

If you raised concerns at work and were subsequently removed or dismissed, the timing and connection between those two things matters. Your employer cannot lawfully use a client complaint or formal process as cover for acting against someone who spoke up.

Employee-favourable 2025

A final written warning issued during a mental health crisis is not automatically fair.

If you were disciplined or dismissed following an absence connected to a mental health crisis, your employer may have been required to consider whether a health condition was relevant before taking action, even if you had never been formally diagnosed.

Employee-favourable 2026

Following a policy to the letter is not the same as making a fair decision.

If a health condition was raised during a disciplinary or dismissal process, your employer was obliged to genuinely consider it. Following the steps of a policy is not the same as making a fair decision.