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Clare Louise Sabina

I have been working on a numbers of grievances raised by the same person. I now believe I have evidence that the grievances raised are false accuations. How would you manange this? Do you have a clause in your grievance procedure that states disciplinary action may be taken where false accusations are made? Do you have a clause that states repeat grievances may be dismissed?

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  • Hi Clare

    There is unfortunately no limit on the right to raise a grievance. Someone could do this 5 times a day every day, and you'd still have to deal with it in a way that respects their rights.

    When you say the accusations are false, do you mean that after investigation they have been deemed to be unfounded, or that the person is making them up?

    If the person is misusing the grievance system by maliciously inventing grievances, e.g. to get someone else into trouble, then that would be a disciplinary issue and you could deal with it accordingly. I think you could do this even if it isn't specifically mentioned in your list of examples of the sorts of behaviours that could constitute gross misconduct. You will have examples that relate to honesty and attempts to deceive others even if not exactly this.

    On the other hand, if they are raising the same thing repeatedly but mistakenly, you could respond that this has already been raised, the procedure exhausted and the matter closed ... Unless they have fresh information that would allow then to ask for it to be reopened.
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  • Hi Clare

    There is unfortunately no limit on the right to raise a grievance. Someone could do this 5 times a day every day, and you'd still have to deal with it in a way that respects their rights.

    When you say the accusations are false, do you mean that after investigation they have been deemed to be unfounded, or that the person is making them up?

    If the person is misusing the grievance system by maliciously inventing grievances, e.g. to get someone else into trouble, then that would be a disciplinary issue and you could deal with it accordingly. I think you could do this even if it isn't specifically mentioned in your list of examples of the sorts of behaviours that could constitute gross misconduct. You will have examples that relate to honesty and attempts to deceive others even if not exactly this.

    On the other hand, if they are raising the same thing repeatedly but mistakenly, you could respond that this has already been raised, the procedure exhausted and the matter closed ... Unless they have fresh information that would allow then to ask for it to be reopened.
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