Q A nursery worker was recently invited to a disciplinary hearing. She has asked to bring her husband, who is a trade union official. The nursery does not recognise any union and does not usually allow family members to accompany workers. Are we legally required to allow her husband to attend?
A If reasonably requested, the employee has the legal right to be accompanied at the disciplinary hearing by a fellow worker, a union official employed by a trade union, or a union official who is not employed by the union but who has been reasonably certified by the union in writing as having appropriate experience of, or as having received training in, acting as a worker’s companion at such hearings.
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