Managing effective and fair investigations with branch annual meeting

About this event

Workshop on managing disciplinary and grievance investigations effectively and fairly taking account of diversity

The workshop with expert employment lawyer Siobhan Atkin from Shoosmiths LLP will provide a concise legal overview and considerable practical guidance on the processes, interviews, documents, and requirements for managing disciplinary and grievance investigations effectively and fairly taking account of diversity. Employment tribunal decisions have shown employers losing their cases through inadequate, incomplete or biased investigations. A fair process is key. Case law and examples will be discussed to show how organisations can reduce the risks by using legal, ethical and fair processes. The workshop will give guidance on good practice and helpful tips to enable you to be legally compliant and effective employers and businesses.

Attenders will gain takeaway tips during this CPD session for improving their principles led, evidence based and outcomes driven activities.

After the CPD session, the formal business of the Branch Annual Meeting will be managed by Chizoma Okaro, Branch Chair and Katie Dungate, Branch Secretary.

This evening’s workshop features as a part of CIPD Continuing Professional Development because participants will:

• learn about the positive outcomes for people professionals through improving the rigour of their disciplinary and grievance investigations
• understand the potential for reducing risk arising from difficult employee relations issues
• hear about good practice from case law examples

No recording will be made.

Timings

18:30 -18:50 - Networking

18:50 - 20:30 - Main event

About the speaker

Siobhan Atkin

Siobhan is an experienced employment lawyer advising and working closely with HR professionals and senior executives. Her expertise covers unfair dismissal, all discrimination elements and breaches of restrictive covenants. She regularly appears before employment tribunals. Siobhan has particular experience advising on disciplinary and grievance matters. As well as acting for the private sector, Siobhan has extensive experience of advising public sector clients such as educational establishments, charities and the police.

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