Appeals

You are entitled to appeal the decision from a disciplinary hearing within 7 days of the date of the disciplinary outcome letter. An appeal meeting will then be arranged between you and a director or Director who has not already been involved in hearing the disciplinary.

You can appeal the Disciplinary decision if you can explain why you think it was unfair or unjust.  Potential grounds of appeal could include:

• The original hearing was in some way procedurally unfair.
• There was unfairness or bias among the original decision makers.
• The decision in the original hearing to find the person guilty or blameworthy was too severe of disproportionate to the misconduct.
• The type of warning imposed in the original hearing was excessive in relation to the offence for which the employee was found blameworthy.
• New evidence of a material nature, which could not reasonably have been known at the time, came to light immediately after the original hearing.   

The meeting will take place as soon as possible and usually within 14 working days of receiving your grounds for appeal.  You will be invited to attend an appeal meeting and must take all reasonable steps to attend.

The form of the appeal will be at our discretion and will depend on the disciplinary penalty that is the subject of the appeal.  At the appeal any disciplinary penalty made will be reviewed and a decision will be made as to whether the decision is upheld or overturned. The outcome of the appeal will be given to you in writing as soon as possible after the appeal has been held. The decision of the person hearing your appeal will be final and you will then have no further option for appealing the decision.