Two tips when dealing with misconduct:
·
Investigate
properly – talk to all the staff involved. Where you can,
get written
‘statements’. Be able to paint a picture of the facts of
the situation.
·
Correctly identify
the type of misbehaviour as it is not easy to add
further charges if a Warning
is issued or at a Disciplinary Enquiry.
An example of why these tips are useful:
A client has a driver who damaged the bucket of a
front end loader – the client wanted to charge him with ‘damage to company
property’ ; when we investigated it was further identified that he could and
should charge him with negligent driving.
