202300360324 · FOI · released
Employee grievance and discipline policies/procedures: FOI release
Information requested
A copy of your current and previous employee grievance and discipline policies/procedures, along with associated guidance that was issued alongside them Dates when each version was live
Response
I enclose a copy of all of the information you requested. This includes the following documents:
Doc No. Policy Document Dates When Live 1. Grievance Fairness at Work Policy From September 2010 to 21 April 2022 (Note – this policy remained live for cases that started prior to 21 April 2022 for the handling of those cases to conclusion 2. Grievance Handling of Harassment Complaints Involving Current or Former Ministers From December 2017 to December 2022 3. Grievance Grievance Policy From 21 April 2022 4. Grievance Grievance Procedure From 21 April 2022 5. Grievance Grievance Procedure Flowchart From 21 April 2022 6. Grievance Raising Concerns about Behaviour Route Map From 21 April 2022 7. Grievance Current Procedure for Making a Formal Complaint about a Minister or Former Minister’s behaviour From December 2022 8. Grievance Guidance to Support the Procedure for Formal Complaints about a Minister From February 2022 9. Grievance Intranet Guidance – Resolving Grievances at Work Current Intranet Guidance 10. Grievance Intranet Guidance – Using Early Intervention to Address Concerns Current Intranet Guidance 11. Grievance Intranet Guidance – Facilitated Conversations Current Intranet Guidance 12. Grievance Intranet Guidance - Mediation Current Intranet Guidance 13. Discipline Previous Discipline Policy Pre-November 2015 14. Discipline Current Discipline Policy From November 2015 15. Discipline Intranet Guidance – Discipline Procedures Current Intranet Guidance 16. Standards of Behaviour Standards of Behaviour Policy – Intranet Guidance Current Intranet Guidance
Please note that as at the date of the request, SG had changed provider for our formal mediation service from Visit Scotland to the Civil Service Mediation Service but such change had not been reflected in our intranet guidance. We have updated guidance to reflect changes to the provider and have provided copies of the current guidance.
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