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Written question asked by Jonathan Djanogly (Conservative) on Friday, 29 May 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 3 June 2009. It was answered by Pat McFadden (Labour) on Tuesday, 9 June 2009 on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service: Disciplinary Proceedings

Question
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many staff of the Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service have had internal disciplinary procedures opened against them in each of the last five years.
Answer

[holding answer 3 June 2009]: ACAS takes its responsibility as the originator of the Discipline and Grievance Code very seriously and is aware that it must act in accordance with its own Code. Its managers always attempt to resolve issues informally first. ACAS currently employs 892 people and the following are the numbers of internal disciplinary procedures that it has opened against staff in each of the last five years.

Number of internal disciplinary procedures
2008 4
2007 5
2006 5
2005 1
2004 0

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
493 c847W; 277860
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Disciplinary proceedings ACAS
Link
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