# Dismissal: Shaping New Developments into Solution-Focused Answers for Employers

> Solution-Focused, Court-Proven, Answers to 9 Thorny Questions Facing Employers: Directly from 7 Top-Rated Lawyers

- Format: In-person
- Date: Tuesday, 7 March 2023, 10:00AM to 4:00PM (registration from 9:30AM)
- Venue: The Lowry Hotel, 50 Dearmans Place, Manchester, M3 5LH
- 5 hours CPD
- Rates: Live Attendance £249.00 + VAT per person
- Status: This conference has taken place
- Book: https://whitepaper.co.uk/conferences/hrmanchester23

## Programme

- 09:30 Registration and coffee
- 10:00 Chair's Introduction: Dismissal: Shaping new developments into solution-focused answers for employers
  - Answered by Martin Chitty, Gowling WLG
- 10:15 SOSR: How do you safely use SOSR as the reason for dismissal when a working relationship has broken down, even if the employee may not recognise this?
  - Answered by Alison Treliving, Squire Patton Boggs
- 10:55 Mental Health: To what extent should you consider an employee's mental health when hearing a gross misconduct matter or recommending a suspension?
  - Answered by Mary Walker, Gordons
- 11:35 Morning coffee
- 11:55 Inappropriate behaviour: How do you approach confidentiality and transparency in inappropriate behaviour grievances, including sharing accusations and statements?
  - Answered by Angela Brumpton, gunnercooke
- 12:35 Disciplinaries: How do you progress a disciplinary hearing when the employee is absent due to prolonged ill health, refuses to attend or counters with a series of grievances?
  - Answered by Chris Thompson, Gateley
- 13:15 Lunch
- 14:00 Investigations: How do you establish "reasonable" grounds from statements where one employee has accused the other of misconduct - one word against another?
  - Answered by Naeema Choudry, Eversheds Sutherland
- 14:40 Capability: How risky is a capability process when reasonable adjustments have been exhausted but absence continues, or contractual obligations are only partially fulfilled?
  - Answered by Andrew Cross, Brabners
- 15:20 Over-run
- 16:00 Close of conference

## How to book

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