Staff grievance procedure
- If an employee has a grievance s/he should put the grievance in writing to the director (or if the employee is the director the chair of the board of trustees, with this being the case throughout this policy).
- Within five working days of receiving such a written grievance, the director must consider the grievance and meet the employee to discuss the grievance. Within five working days of this meeting the director must tell the employee what action they intend to take over the grievance and of the employee's right of appeal against this decision. If the employee intends to appeal against this decision s/he must lodge the appeal with the director at this meeting.
- If the employee does appeal, the line manager must inform the chair of the board of trustees who will establish an appeals panel of the board of trustees, made up of three trustees.
- This panel will meet within 10 working days of the appeal being lodged to hear from the employee and the director and make a final decision on the matter.
- All employees are entitled to be accompanied by a person of their choice when attending any meeting involved with this procedure.
- This policy will be reviewed by the board of trustees at least every calendar year.
