Guidance notes for departments/agencies
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The Appeal Board and what it does
The CSAB is an
independent body and all its Board members are retired civil servants
(apart from the Chairman) who have many years of experience in dealing with
Human Resources (HR) Management
issues. At each hearing, the Board comprises a Chairman and two Board
members, one from a panel of retired senior civil servants and the other
from a panel consisting of retired senior trade union officials. All are
selected on the basis of fair and open competition. The Board decides
whether the decision to end an individual’s employment was fair and to come
to their decision the Board looks at four specific areas:
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Procedures - were the procedures followed correctly?
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Substantive issue - was the employee treated fairly and reasonably by the
employer?
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Consistency - was anyone else in the same circumstances treated
differently? and
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Proportionality - did the situation warrant the penalty of dismissal?
Further details of these four areas can be found in the attached note,
‘Good Practice Principles’.
The remit of the Board is not to substitute its judgement for that of the
department/agency nor does it have any locus to hear cases from civil
servants who wish to appeal against decisions on medical retirement.
