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Disciplinary Investigations

Fern

Hi all,

We're currently reviewing the way our disciplinary investigations are undertaken.  At present two members of our HR team would conduct an investigation and then a Senior Manager from within the business would Chair the Hearing (accompanied by another member of HR).  We're considering bringing managers (the level below our Senior Managers) in to investigate with one member of HR.  For this we're considering that manager being from within the same department that the employee is based in. 

I'm keen to learn what other companies do in this regard, people experiences of involving managers at the disciplinary stage and your views on this as an idea?

Thanks in advance

Fern

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  • Perhaps it's different with me always having worked in an SME and being either stand alone or part of a small HR team, but I've always encouraged both investigations and disciplinaries to be dealt with by someone else other than HR, with HR acting as an adviser and providing training, support and guidance on the process and only really attending meetings to take minutes and to offer procedural advice.

    As to who actually does the investigations, it would usually depend on the facts at hand. To my mind the investigator should be someone slightly removed from the situation who is able to approach it with an open mind, but who still has the relevant technical knowledge to really understand the situation. Whether that's someone from the same department or elsewhere might depend on what is actually being investigated.
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  • Perhaps it's different with me always having worked in an SME and being either stand alone or part of a small HR team, but I've always encouraged both investigations and disciplinaries to be dealt with by someone else other than HR, with HR acting as an adviser and providing training, support and guidance on the process and only really attending meetings to take minutes and to offer procedural advice.

    As to who actually does the investigations, it would usually depend on the facts at hand. To my mind the investigator should be someone slightly removed from the situation who is able to approach it with an open mind, but who still has the relevant technical knowledge to really understand the situation. Whether that's someone from the same department or elsewhere might depend on what is actually being investigated.
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