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Inadequate Notice for Disciplinary Meeting

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  • Inadequate Notice for Disciplinary Meeting

    Hi

    I received a letter from my boss at 5pm on Thursday 22nd November 2012 calling me to a disciplinary meet taking place at 10 am 27th November, which is two working day's notice. The allegations are numerous and serious and I will need to exercise my right for a co-worker to be present and call on witnesses. I felt that I could not do this and adequately prepare my case in the time given, so requested a postponement of 5 days. I handed this letter to my Boss at 9am on Friday morning 23rd November. At 5pm that day I was handed a letter refusing a postponement. Now I just have this weekend to prepare, cannot access computer files that could support my case and feel I have insufficient time to prepare my companion.

    Please help. What can I do about this situation? I have been trying to contact the ACAS helpline since Thursday evening and have, as yet, failed to get through.

    Thanks
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    Re: Inadequate Notice for Disciplinary Meeting

    I think they might be within their rights to refuse a postponement but Militant is better on employment law than myself so will be able to advise later today
    "Family means that no one gets forgotten or left behind"
    (quote from David Ogden Stiers)

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      Re: Inadequate Notice for Disciplinary Meeting

      all that is needed is for them to set a date and time, and provide statements, agreements, disciplinary policy etc that they will use in the disciplinary meeting with 48 hours notice after an investigatory meeting has been concluded. if dismissal is an option, they need to tell you this as a result of the formal hearing

      thats why you should allways join a union, a rep is trained to deal with these matters

      is this an investigatory or a formal disciplinary hearing

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