Disciplinary Definition

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What does Disciplinary mean?

A disciplinary situation is a situation where breaches of rules or codes of behaviour or discipline are corrected or punished. Equally, where an employer's expectations about the way in which a job is to be performed, or its minimum standards, are not met, that may also give rise to a disciplinary situation in respect of the poor or inadequate performance that arises. Disciplinary situations therefore include misconduct or poor performance.

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General Optical Council—fitness to practise proceedings

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Tax evasion facilitation—post-training assessment questions

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If a lorry driver delivering goods is persuaded not to cross a picket line by employees engaged in lawful, peaceful picketing, and the lorry driver faces disciplinary sanction or dismissal from their own employer (who is not a party to the trade dispute) for refusing to cross the picket line to deliver the goods, are there any protections available to the lorry driver?

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Can a worker make a claim if he does not make a request to be accompanied to a disciplinary or grievance hearing because his employer has already told him he is not allowed to bring a companion?

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