What should you do to protect your company, in full compliance with the law, in the event of misconduct of one of your employees?
Sanction the employee and, if the conditions are met, dismiss them, but do so in compliance with the law and collective labour agreements.
Otherwise, the measures taken will be of no use and will even be damaging, taking time and precious economic and mental resources away from the business.
Identify possible breaches, draw up fixed procedures, establish the applicable disciplinary sanctions in relation to the seriousness of breaches, draw up a disciplinary code and manage disciplinary proceedings, from the notification of the breach to a possible ruling.
Loyce Legal takes care of all these matters in place of business owners, who can devote themselves entirely to their businesses.
Know the company so you can establish the rules.
If the rules to be included in the Disciplinary Code are not established, business owners cannot act correctly and promptly to defend their companies against any misconduct of their employees.
Any lawsuit could result in serious damage.
Labour disputes and proceedings before the Employment Tribunal can occupy the mental and economic resources of business owners for years.
Our team, after conducting an inspection of the company and obtaining all the required information about the working environment, prepares the appropriate Disciplinary Code to meet the needs of the business.
The Disciplinary Code alone, of course, is not enough to prevent labour disputes and litigation, but it allows business owners to act to protect the interests of their companies without fear.
Evidence of breaches and privacy law
Loyce Legal does not limit itself to assisting businesses using an approach oriented towards labour law alone.
The team also consists of experienced lawyers specialising in privacy law who collaborate with labour law colleagues to assess the legitimacy of the evidence gathered through video surveillance systems or other means of investigation.
No aspect is left to chance, with the aim of helping business owners to avoid litigation and reduce the risk of a lawsuit, so that they can focus solely and exclusively on their businesses.
From a disciplinary dispute to sanctioning
With the advice of our team and following the procedures precisely set out in the Disciplinary Code, disciplinary proceedings are no longer a taboo that is dangerous to confront.
From the drafting of a precise, specific and immediate disciplinary notice to the evaluation of the defence claims presented by the employee and the drafting of possible disciplinary measures, business owners have Loyce Legal by their side.
And in the event that the disciplinary measures are challenged, business owners always have the support of our team, who have an extensive knowledge of the case and a multi-disciplinary approach.
And not only in disciplinary proceedings: internal reporting channels.
Business owners can count on Loyce Legal to take care of every aspect of employee relations, including ensuring that workers can use internal channels to report any breaches they become aware of in the workplace.
This is a legal obligation and our team tailors procedures to fit the business organisation, which staff can use to report any breaches either orally or in writing.
Loyce Legal also prepares the measures required to ensure the confidentiality of the whistleblower and that data is stored properly.
Those who rely on our team have access to experts in labour and privacy law, who take care of every aspect of whistleblowing compliance on their behalf.
All that they have to do is to use all their energy on concentrating on running the business.