Make your Free Invitation Letter to a Poor Performance Appeal Hearing

This document is GDPR compliant.

Make sure you do things right when you invite an employee to a poor performance appeal hearing, with this invitation to a poor performance appeal hearing. The notice of poor performance appeal hearing sets out in clear and simple terms the process to be followed and the employee's rights, helping ensure that the employer complies with the laws on performance evaluation.

Use this letter:

• when you want to invite an employee to attend a hearing to consider an appeal from the outcome of a poor performance hearing
• only for employees based in England, Wales or Scotland

This letter covers:

• details of the appeal hearing
• procedural arrangements for the appeal hearing
• additional documents and evidence
• who will be present at the hearing
• the employee's right to have a companion present at the hearing

An invite to an appeal hearing should be sent out in advance of any appeal which follows the initial disciplinary hearing.

If you are formally disciplining an employee and the employee requests an appeal this letter helps to ensure an employer complies with the laws on unfair dismissal. In particular, it is designed to fulfil certain requirements of the statutory ACAS Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures.

No. The ACAS Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures says that appeals cannot result in an increased sanction as it may deter individuals from appealing.

If the appeal does result in an increased sanction, it is advisable to offer a second appeal against the new sanction.

Employers should inform the employee of the appeal outcome in writing as soon as possible after the hearing.