Grievance%20Policy

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Grievance Policy

• recent changes

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Background

• A new single grievance procedure was agreed in
  November 05 to address the Dispute Resolution
  Regulations
• Case law since October 05 has however indicated
  need for refinement
• HRPC in May 06 agreed a revised procedure
  clarifying terminology and giving greater
  guidance to managers

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Main changes

• All written grievances or complaints must result
  in a meeting to discuss the issues
• Meeting must be followed by a written response
  from the manager who considered the matter
• If individual remains aggrieved the matter will
  be referred to a grievance panel
• Procedure now refers to stage 1 and stage 2 and
  not to informal and formal stages

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Impact

• Panels will consist of one manager, one trade
  union representative and a Chair from Laws
• Training of potential panel members is taking
  place
• Departments must respond to written concerns that
  could be classed as grievances even though not
  labelled as such by the author
• Failure to follow due process could leave UCL in
  breach of the Regulations