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An employer can suspend an employee from work if their health and safety is in danger - employee right to pay, alternative work and how to handle problems

Learn more about the circumstances that can lead to a licence holder losing their licence, either permanently or temporarily.

• Updated: 15 March 2023

Disciplinary procedures your employer has at work - disciplinary hearings, appeals, suspension, dismissal and help and advice

• Overview

  Your employer could start formal disciplinary action against you if they…

• How disciplinary procedures work

  Your employer should put their disciplinary procedure in writing, and make…

• Disciplinary hearings

  Your employer should not take any disciplinary action before meeting with…

• Disciplinary appeals

  If you think disciplinary action taken against you is unfair you can…

• Suspension from work

  When a disciplinary issue is being looked into you might be suspended from…

• Help and advice with disciplinary issues

  There are several organisations that could give you advice about…

This note is part of the statutory guidance under s215 of the HRA 2008 (from 1 April 2024)

• Updated: 29 February 2024

When you can be suspended as a driving instructor and compensation you can claim if you are not removed from the register

• Updated: 23 January 2025

• Updated: 9 March 2025

How Business e-services customers (business unit administrator role) can suspend or unsuspend a user account through the portal.

• Updated: 4 August 2021

You must stop your student finance when you suspend or leave your course early - find out when and how to repay your Maintenance Loan, including overpayments.

Schools can sanction pupils or exclude them - find out what schools are allowed to do, like search pupils for knives or drugs