Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 77703
Employment: Disciplinary Proceedings
Tabled: 16 September 2025
Answered: 14 October 2025
Question
Andrew Griffith
Conservative — Arundel and South Downs
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the cost to employers of disciplinary and grievance hearings taking place (a) with a worker's companion and (b) without a worker's companion.
Answer
Kate DeardenUnder existing legislation, we would not expect to see a difference in cost to the employer between a disciplinary or grievance hearing where the worker has a companion or does not have a companion. If the worker were to be accompanied by a trade union re...
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