Motion
- Motion title
- Disciplinary procedures
- Session
- 2009-2010
- Meeting link
- Annual Congress
- Meeting date
- 1 June 2010
- Status
- Passed unanimously
- Motion
- 96
- Motion text
Congress notes an increasing use of formal disciplinary procedures as measures to deal with staff discipline that in the past might well have been resolved informally. This escalation has a negative impact on the culture of an educational institution. In addition, there is a growing tendency for management to order suspension of the individual while cases are investigated. Suspension makes a return to work more difficult.
Congress resolves that UCU branches should seek local agreements which follow national guidelines including those from ACAS (Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service) which make it clear that suspensions should be the exception rather than the rule and should be for specific reasons, for example, gross misconduct or where relationships have broken down.
In addition, it should be the case that 'any suspensions that do take place should only take place after careful consideration and be reviewed to ensure that it is not unnecessarily protracted' (ACAS).
- Proposing body
- Oxford and Cherwell Valley College (OCVC)
- Amended
- No
- Allocated to
- Other
- Notes
Administrative info
- Listing reference
- 2010/C/06-01/192/96