Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 77703

Employment: Disciplinary Proceedings

Tabled: 16 September 2025
Answered: 14 October 2025

Question

Andrew Griffith

ConservativeArundel 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 Dearden
Under 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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