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Dismissal letter for gross misconduct following disciplinary meeting

Customisable dismissal letter template for gross misconduct following a formal disciplinary meeting. Maintain clarity and legal compliance.

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By Stephen Simpson, Brightmine Principal Editor, Employment Law and Compliance

Ensure your organisation handles serious misconduct cases with confidence and compliance using our professionally drafted dismissal letter template for gross misconduct following a disciplinary meeting.

This model letter is designed to help HR teams deliver a clear and legally aligned summary dismissal, following the proper steps outlined in recognised disciplinary procedures. It supports a fair and robust process by reflecting best‑practice HR standards and aligning with the principles set out in the Acas Code of Practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures, which provides guidance on issuing disciplinary outcomes, including dismissal.

In this resource, you will find:

  • Example letter wording
  • Supporting guidance for using this letter

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About the author

Stephen Simpson, Acting content manager - employment law and compliance at Brightmine

Stephen Simpson
Principal editor – Employment Law and Compliance, Brightmine

Stephen is a principal editor who has worked on the Brightmine employment law and leading practice resources for over 20 years. After growing up in Northern Ireland in the 1980s, he trained as a solicitor in England in the 1990s but soon moved into legal publishing. He was among the first recruits to Brightmine in the year before it was launched as XpertHR in 2002.

Stephen has worked on a wide range of employment law and leading practice resources, including overseeing the creation and expansion of the HR templates resource types (Policies and procedures, Letters and forms, and Contract clauses). He has written up over 1,000 reports on employment law cases and created practical guidance on a range of HR issues for the Commentary & insights tool. He also had a stint working on Personnel Today.

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