What can I do if a colleague raises a grievance against me?

Having a colleague raise a grievance against you at work can be distressing, especially when you don't know what your rights are.

Remziye Ozcan, an employment solicitor at Slater and Gordon Lawyers, provides a step by step guide and offers helpful legal advice on what you can do if a co-worker raises a grievance against you at work.

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Transcript:

If a colleague raises a grievance against you the first thing to do is establish all of the details. So find out as much as possible about the complaints made. You can ask to see a copy of parts of the grievance that actually relate to you so you can start your preparation in terms of what your response and defence is going to be to those allegations. It’s a good first step to start collecting any evidence that you have. So for example, any emails, letters, notes, anything like appraisal forms that you might have that might relate to the issues. It’s a good start to put a pack together of these documents. Once you’ve done that it’s also a good idea to put together a chronology so that you’ve got a good timeline of what’s happened and this will help you prepare each of your responses to the allegations that have been made. If you haven’t been told at the beginning of a meeting that a note taker is going to be present to prepare minutes it’s definitely important to check that to begin with and ensure that you’ll be sent copies of the minutes after the meeting, so you can check those and sign to say you’re happy with the accuracy of those notes. Once you’ve done that it’s also good to think about any other witnesses that you might want your employer to interview anyone that might verify your version of events or any inconsistencies in the allegations is very important. Once you’ve had an investigation you will have an entitlement to know what the outcome is to the grievance in terms of the parts that relate to you but that won’t necessarily be the conclusion of the matter; your colleague might have a right of appeal at that point.

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