Case Study-HR Help & Advice

A small business phoned on our HR Helpline and had an issue with two workers.

 

Two drivers, who were employed by the client, had acted inappropriately outside a customer’s workplace. The business owner had no human resources training and did not have any HR help.

As a small business, the Employer was not sure what to do – should he, or could he sack the two drivers for their behaviour?

He called CIRCLE HR, advising that he simply had an issue he needed help with.

We discussed his issue and advised him to run a fair disciplinary process, which we designed specifically for him. The process enabled him to make the right decision around termination, giving the employees right of reply and enabling the whole issue to be dealt with correctly.

This resulted in no unfair dismissal claims, with the staff members treated in the correct way and disciplined in a way that was relevant and suitable to the behaviours they had engaged in.

After dealing with this issue, we completed a Fair Work Compliance Check with this client, making sure that there were no other human resource or industrial relations risks in the way he was employing and his employment practises.