Authoritative Advice on Disciplinary and Dismissal Procedures in Manchester

Disciplinary and dismissal issues carry a particular weight for Manchester employers. With professional services, tech, media and manufacturing clustered around Spinningfields, MediaCityUK and the Oxford Road corridor - and a wider North West logistics and warehousing belt stretching from Trafford Park through Salford, Bolton and Wigan - workforces here tend to be young, mobile and highly networked. Word of a badly handled dismissal travels fast through Greater Manchester's tight-knit recruitment market. Our disciplinary and dismissal service is designed with that in mind. We help you run a process that will hold up under scrutiny at the Manchester Employment Tribunal at Alexandra House, while protecting your reputation as an employer of choice in a competitive hiring market.

Because we act for both employers and employees, we bring tribunal-tested judgement to every stage - from investigation and suspension decisions, through disciplinary hearings and appeals, to drafting dismissal letters and settlement agreements. That dual perspective counts for a great deal when North West employers are running shift-based operations, high-volume workforces or unionised sites, where a single procedural misstep can trigger collective grievances and disrupt output. We advise on ACAS Code compliance, capability and conduct dismissals, gross misconduct investigations, and the fair handling of long-term sickness cases - always with a clear commercial view of the real tribunal risk, and what it will cost you if the process fails.

With 26 years of specialist employment law practice under Natasha Jones (SRA 194771), recognition as a Legal 500 UK Leading Firm 2022, and coverage in the BBC, Financial Times, Guardian and Times, Blackstone Employment Law offers Manchester and North West employers straight, commercially minded guidance - and gives employees who believe they have been unfairly dismissed an honest read on whether they have a genuine claim. From offices in Manchester and London, we advise UK-wide. For a no-obligation initial discussion, call Natasha Jones and the team on 0330 808 0849.