Investigation meeting

Going4TheDream

Can anyone advise what an the content of an invitation to a investigation meeting letter should be?

My understanding is that this is the first stage of the disciplinary process and as such should advise that depending on the out come of the investigation it could lead to the next stage of the process and disciplinary action being taken.

Thanks

LittleVoice

Going4TheDream wrote: »

Can anyone advise what an the content of an invitation to a investigation meeting letter should be?

My understanding is that this is the first stage of the disciplinary process and as such should advise that depending on the out come of the investigation it could lead to the next stage of the process and disciplinary action being taken.

Thanks

To quote ACAS,

"Although there is no statutory right for an employee to be accompanied at a formal investigatory meeting, such a right may be allowed under an employer's own procedure."

So you need to check your company's procedure/policy document.

lulu650

It should also state what the allegation(s) are.......are you suggesting that the letter received may be incorrect OP??

Going4TheDream

My friend has a letter inviting her to an investigatory meeting it states that this is not a disciplinary meeting but does give her the right to have someone attend (I believe this is allowed under some companies in agreement with unions etc)

It states that the meeting is to relating to 'the allegation of you not ensuring that a high profile customers delivery left the depot on time'

There are no specifics on which delivery, they apparently send out about 60 or 70 between 6am to 8am so this makes it difficult for her to prepare her answers to any questions that may be asked

It gives names of the two people who will be taking the investigation meeting

The other colleague who works the same job as her also has the same letter for the same thing

Savvy_Sue

Presumably the purpose of the investigation is to find out what happened and why, so the vagueness isn't necessarily 'wrong'.

If your friend gets to the meeting and they say "on this date and at that time you failed to ensure that the X delivery left on time and we are going to sack you for that", that is 'wrong' because they haven't given her any details to allow her to investigate herself and give an explanation.

If they've sent this letter to two people, maybe they don't know which one is responsible, for example.

surreysaver

It could also be worth noting that an investigation is a tool for management to obtain information - they are going on a fishing expedition - perhaps they do not have enough information from which to take disciplinary action? Not telling them anything could help, as long as everyone else involved plays the same card.

colino

You would jump down their throats if, "Management" sent a letter inviting you to a disciplinary meeting to decide your punishment for upsetting a customer, though apparently you don't want them to go through the, correct, procedure of investigating an issue?

Going4TheDream

colino wrote: »

You would jump down their throats if, "Management" sent a letter inviting you to a disciplinary meeting to decide your punishment for upsetting a customer, though apparently you don't want them to go through the, correct, procedure of investigating an issue?

??? what a bizarre post

If you read my original post I was only asking what information the letter should contain. I dont think anywhere it was suggested that the process wasnt correct