30 January 2015

A statement from Vince Cable on an amendment to the Code, concerning the right of accompaniment to a grievance hearing

Statement from Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business:

“I am pleased to be laying a new Acas Code of Practice on Discipline and Grievance which includes a minor amendment to reflect the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) decision on the right of accompaniment in the case of Toal v GB Oils.

It is 5 years since the Code was last reviewed and given the changing nature of conflict and dispute resolution at work, I feel it would now be appropriate to ask Acas to undertake a wider consultation on the Code of Practice as a whole. I have written to the Acas Council to request this.”