dis hearing

[geoff1057]

today attended a disciplinary hearing ,accused of something i did ,but not intentially. my company say i did . at the hearing iasked to see the evidence of their investigation, they hadnt got any with them ,i asked to see staff statements ,they hadnt got any,i asked for a copy of the conversation beetween me and the manager who accused me, they hadnt spoken to him,i asked why the hearing was arranged two days later when company rules said i must have at least 7, for your benefit they said. during the hearing i asked them if they wouldring my office to check a reading on a piece of electronic equipment to see if maybe the reading was wrong.after the call they adjourned the hearing for half an hour, the reading was wrong proving that i had done this thing unintentially. they were flumaxed and didnt know what to do.so adjourned again. they rang one of my staff and asked a stupid question giving an answer that was obvious. they came back to me and said yes we have enough evidence to make a decision , written final warning ,sign here. the meeting should have lasted 1 hour .it took them 4 hrs, and totally dismissed the new evidence that proved i had unintentionally made a mistake . even though i signed this paper mainly because i was tired can .the whole thing was a complete farce,and they did nothing by company rules. in a court of law it would have been thrown out in the first minute. can i appeal against there decision even if i signed there paper?????ps if i told you what i was accussed of ,you would wet yourself laughing

[Twenty20]

Yes, you can appeal though it was a bit silly signing something that you didn't apparently agree with.

[EverClean]

They should have given you your rights of appeal at the time of the decision and backed this up in writing soon after.

I would assume that your signing the decision wouldn't have made any difference - it is not seen as you accepting responsibility, but as you acknowledging their decision. Even if you didn't acknowkledge it, it still happened.

Speak to a union rep or go to Citizens Advice. Even if you are innocent there are procedures to follow.

If the person you are appealing to has ANY common sense then they will overturn the original decision. If they don't and it's as clear cut as you say it is then sue the b@$t@rd$.

[buildersmate]

On the basis of what you say above, the Company has not followed its own procedures. Since following the defined procedure is important, this could have helped you establish that the process wasn't fir in the event that they decided to dismiss you and you took the whole thing to tribunal.
They didn't do that - they gave you a Final Written Warning. Unfortunately by signing what you did, you've gone someway to acknowledging that you accept what they are saying, and hence you are accepting that the outcome is reasonable. However you could always later say that you did it under duress.
A Final Written Warning is basically what it says - it's our last chance, so keep your nose clean for the period that the warning lasts. Yes, you could appeal the FWW - I would suggest you do it on the basis that they failed to follow the correct process - not the decision.

[buildersmate]

The above written before I saw Everclean's answer - however it doesn't change my response.