Post Disciplinary Meeting, An Employee Came Back with Significant Changes to the Minutes: How Do I Handle it?
Published on: 16/04/2024
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Mark McElwaine Debt Recovery Solicitor, Ivor Fitzpatrick & Company Solicitors
Mark McElwaine Debt Recovery Solicitor, Ivor Fitzpatrick & Company Solicitors
Mark mcelwaine

Prior roles at BCM Global and RDJ LLP

After holding a disciplinary meeting, the minutes were sent to the employee. The employee came back with significant changes to the minutes, with which we do not agree. How do we handle this?

We regularly receive queries around meeting minutes and the legal obligations of the employer to accept changes to minutes proposed by the employee.

The starting point for a query like this is always the policy document (or the contract of employment) under which the process has been commenced. Here, the query relates to a disciplinary process and so it is likely that the employer is operating pursuant to their internal disciplinary procedure. That will be the starting point here – what does the procedure set out about

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Disclaimer The information in this article is provided as part of Legal Island's Employment Law Hub. We regret we are not able to respond to requests for specific legal or HR queries and recommend that professional advice is obtained before relying on information supplied anywhere within this article. This article is correct at 16/04/2024
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