Letter confirming grievance hearing decision

What is a letter confirming grievance hearing decision and when should you use it?

This letter forms part of our suite of materials to support you where you have invoked your grievance policy and its process due to a grievance made by one of your employees.

This letter confirms the outcome of  a grievance hearing  in accordance with your grievance policy.

Your employment contract with the employee and your grievance policy within your employee handbook should make very clear how an employee can make a grievance and how it will be dealt with.

Make sure that whenever you’re faced with dealing with a grievance, you follow the process set out in your grievance policy.

What else might you need?

You need to be clear about your conclusions and the reasons underpinning them.

You must clearly set out, in relation to the grievance, your reasons for reaching your decision.

When you describe these reasons, make sure you refer to the facts and evidence that you have seen during the process, including documentary evidence as well as verbal evidence given to you by the employee or any witnesses.

A clearly evidenced rationale for a fair-minded decision will be crucial in defending any grievances raised by employees, or indeed any employee’s legal proceedings against you for discrimination.

Check out our step by step guide to handling grievances.

It tells you everything you need to know about the process and guides you through it step by step.