New conduct code and loopholes

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Have read through the new conduct code agreed by the CWU and Royal Mail.
First of all one of the biggest flaws in the new agreement which is the same as the old in the respect that , if that a line manager who performs a fact finding interview can also be the same manager who progresses it to conduct code and decision making , if there is a case to answer. The only exception being if the penalty is likely to be a major one and it is then raised to a second line manager.
Even a serious warning could involve a 3 year penalty.
This goes against the acas guidelines where it suggests that a different manager should take conduct as opposed to the fact finding manager.This is to ensure that there is at least seen to be impartiality in the process.
It probably comes from ETs where the sense of a fair investigation being carried out has been compromised by one manager being judge , jury and executioner .