Disciplinary Appeal Letters Pack

Acknowledgement, invitation to appeal hearing and appeal outcome letters (upheld, partly upheld or dismissed), with an appeal hearing record.

Editable Word document
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Guidance notes included
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People & HR

Disciplinary Appeal Letters Pack

About this document

What it’s for

Every employee given a warning or dismissed should be able to appeal. These letters take you through the appeal stage of your disciplinary procedure in line with the ACAS Code of Practice, so the process is fair and well documented if a tribunal claim follows.

When to use it

  • When an employee appeals against a written warning, final written warning, dismissal or other disciplinary sanction
  • Alongside the Disciplinary Policy and Procedure and Disciplinary Outcome Letter

What’s inside

The document is laid out in the sections below. Each one comes with a plain-English guidance note explaining what it does and what to change.

  • Letter A – Acknowledgement and invitation to appeal hearing
  • Letter B – Appeal outcome
  • Part C – Appeal hearing record

How to complete it

  • Appoint an appeal manager who was not involved in the original decision and is ideally more senior
  • Send Letter A within [5] working days of receiving the appeal
  • Use the hearing record in Part C, then send the outcome letter (Letter B)

Key points to check

  • An unreasonable failure to follow the ACAS Code can increase tribunal awards by up to 25%
  • If the appeal relates to dismissal, decide in advance what happens to pay if the dismissal is overturned

Our templates are professionally structured starting points for UK businesses, not legal advice. For anything complex, unusual or high-value, have your final version checked by a solicitor.

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Editable Microsoft Word files

Guidance notes in every document

Written for UK businesses

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