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I'm wondering the average and/or acceptable turn around time for a grievance process to conclude?
I was subject to discrimination that deeply affected my mental health. I was signed off sick because of this. I raised a grievance and an initial meeting to speak with an investigator (internal) took 6 weeks. It was 5.5 months before the hearing was held. All the while I was off sick and continuously chasing for updates.
They did not issue an outcome until 3 weeks later because they combined the grievance outcome with my redundancy outcome. They did not uphold so I appealed. I have been chasing the appeal for weeks. I have now been given a preliminary date, it will be 3 months from the date I lodged the appeal.
In this time I have been made redundant and am no longer employed by them. Whenever I ask for updates and why there is a delay, they have no response, or just state diary issues.
I feel like more than 10 months is excessive to resolve a grievance. Particularly when the employee had been signed off sick because of the issues complained of and repeatedly stated that the waiting is adversely affecting their mental health.
Is this standard practice?
I'm wondering the average and/or acceptable turn around time for a grievance process to conclude?
I was subject to discrimination that deeply affected my mental health. I was signed off sick because of this. I raised a grievance and an initial meeting to speak with an investigator (internal) took 6 weeks. It was 5.5 months before the hearing was held. All the while I was off sick and continuously chasing for updates.
They did not issue an outcome until 3 weeks later because they combined the grievance outcome with my redundancy outcome. They did not uphold so I appealed. I have been chasing the appeal for weeks. I have now been given a preliminary date, it will be 3 months from the date I lodged the appeal.
In this time I have been made redundant and am no longer employed by them. Whenever I ask for updates and why there is a delay, they have no response, or just state diary issues.
I feel like more than 10 months is excessive to resolve a grievance. Particularly when the employee had been signed off sick because of the issues complained of and repeatedly stated that the waiting is adversely affecting their mental health.
Is this standard practice?
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