The process
The shape a fair process has everywhere — meetings, written allegations, a decision, reasons, an appeal.
The Shape a Fair Process Has Everywhere
The six elements a fair dismissal process has almost everywhere — allegation, evidence, time, hearing, reasons, appeal — and where detail differs.
Putting the Allegations in Writing
What an allegation letter has to contain, how specific it has to be, and why a vague letter produces a meeting nobody can prepare for.
The Investigation Meeting, and What It Is For
The difference between investigating and deciding, what an investigation should produce, and the habits that turn one into a hearing.
Who May Come With Them
The right to be accompanied at a disciplinary meeting: who qualifies, what a companion may do, and what to do with an unusual request.
Running a Hearing You Have Not Run Before
A practical order of play for a disciplinary hearing, what the chair has to do, and the five habits that make an otherwise sound hearing look unfair.
Giving Reasons That Survive Being Read Later
What a decision letter has to explain — what was found, on what evidence, what the person said, why it did not change the outcome.
The Appeal, and Why It Has to Be Someone New
What an appeal is for, who can hear one, the difference between a review and a rehearing, and why an appeal is the last chance to fix an earlier mistake.
Suspension Is Not a Neutral Act
Why suspension needs its own decision and its own reasons, what the alternatives are, and how to run one that does not become the punishment.