disciplinary time limit

[shantra]

Hi I received a letter from my employer in march informing me of a disciplinary hearing regarding sickness absence this is automatically triggered after 3 abscences. The meeting was postponed last minute, (hr manager went home sick) Notihing else ever mentioned, we now have a new hr manager who has sent me a letter regarding hearing on Thursday, so question is is there a time limit on action or can i refuse to attend.

Thanks
Tracey

[Nhozu]

seeing thought the first was postponed I would say you would be obliged to attend.

action usually has to happen within a reasonable period which depends on the circumstances and action to be taken

[cassa333]

Have they done the same to everyone who has had abscences? or are they treating you differently?

Have you had much time off since the first notice? If not don't worry about it too much. They can't really pull you over the coals if you haven't had time off since March! What can they say? "Five months ago you had sick time so you're fired???"

By refusung to go would (to me at least) show that you had little respect for your employer (even though they were a bit lacks). Which would in the long run not do you much good!

It could be that the new HR manager is sorting out what should have been done and it is mearly a formality, possibly to make sure any future action is above board.