disciplinary meetings and who you can take in.

[v6fnw]

I believe if you are in a disciplinary situation you are allowed to take someone into the meeting with HR? does the person have to be another company employee or can you take someone external in with you?

situation is, received letter with a meeting date, then suspended on full pay. next meeting is the second one.

[Doofus]

They're there as an independant witness, not an advocate. It can be anybody, employee or not.

[elfspew]

Ensure you take someone you trust, and would also be seen as an creditable witness.

I wish I had gone through this with my last employer as I would have had good material indeed!

[richyb]

Union Rep if you have one.

[siscar]

Usually it is a fellow employee or a union rep. You cannot take anyone who is not one of those unless your company specifically allows it. Most companies do not.

[Muzzer]

siscar said:

Usually it is a fellow employee or a union rep. You cannot take anyone who is not one of those unless your company specifically allows it. Most companies do not.

Make sure you trust them, they're reliable and credible. Don't take in 'crazy' Mark from IT who wears Disney ties.

What did you do?

[hairyben]

Many moons ago the shop steward offered to accompany me to a disciplinary despite not being a member of the union- he represented me as a colleague, not as a union rep. Didn't stop him from taking a big fat dump all over the managers allegations and argument, and of course from that point on I was a fully paid up union member.

Sad really, I'd been brought up to think "unions" were some archaic throwback, but in fact they're very much necessary and vital.

[speedyman]

We had a employee who took a tape recorder in with him to his interview. HR refused to speak to him if the tape machine was switched on. He refused to switch it off as he wanted evidence of what was said, meeting ended. Eventually all "allegation" against him were dropped without a further interview.

Speedyman

[siscar]

speedyman said:

We had a employee who took a tape recorder in with him to his interview. HR refused to speak to him if the tape machine was switched on. He refused to switch it off as he wanted evidence of what was said, meeting ended. Eventually all "allegation" against him were dropped without a further interview.

Speedyman

You have no right to record the meeting, if you refuse to attend a properly constituted meeting the employer is within their rights to proceed without you.