Presented by Tim Clifford
At the end of 2025 there were 52,000 active employment tribunal cases, representing a 33% increase on the same period in 2024, and unfair dismissal remained the largest claim type at 24% of all cases.
The 2025 Employee Rights Act will bring even more focus to the need for a robust performance process to help businesses minimise claims and costs.
In this webinar, we cover:
- The importance of a clearly documented and consistently applied performance management process.
- Common reasons performance-related dismissals escalate to tribunal e.g. poor process, poor documentation, evidence of bias, conflating sickness and performance.
- What employment tribunals are looking for in terms of documentation of performance management:
- Setting and communicating clear, measurable objectives
- Regular, documented performance conversations
- Fair Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) process
- Consistency and fairness across the workforce
- Records of informal conversations, not just formal reviews
- How tribunals assess whether a process has been fair and reasonable.
- The ACAS Code of Practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures.
- TalosPerform as a system to ensure an auditable, consistent performance trail.
