Grievance - Links to other procedures

4.    Links to Other Procedures

If at any stage (informal or formal) of the procedure it is considered a complaint could amount to misconduct under the Council’s Disciplinary Procedure, the manager should consider ceasing the Grievance Procedure and formally deal with the issue through the Disciplinary Procedure (that on the basis of the complaint and information presented there appears to be a case of misconduct on the part of the employee or other officer). The manager should seek advice from their manager and HR prior to initiating.  Any information already gathered can be used as part of the misconduct procedure.

 
4.1.    Overlapping with Misconduct, Sickness Absence and Performance Procedures

Where an employee raises a grievance complaint during a misconduct process the misconduct process may be temporarily suspended in order to deal with the grievance complaint.  Where the grievance complaint and misconduct, sickness absence, performance cases are related it may be appropriate to deal with both issues concurrently.

4.2.    Collective Disputes

Where a complaint applies to or is raised by more than one employee, and is of the same nature, it may be appropriate for the issue to be resolved through a single collective dispute and agreed between the trade union(s) and management.