Attendance Review 1 & 2 query

[makingsounds]

If an AR2 is triggered and it is appealed on the basis that the individual had NO knowledge of an AR1 being issued several months ago, because they were totally unaware of it, as no Attendance Review Notification letter was sent. It was simply issued by a manager.

Should the manager dealing with the AR2 withdraw it and revert it back to an AR1 because of the above or is the manager within his right to issue it as it wasn't him who dealt with the AR1?

If the individual went on to trigger a COD, surely they wouldn't be dismissed due to the AR1 anomaly.

[tramssirhc]

There is a responsibility on both parties to know and understand the procedures. Ignorance is not a defence. However not adhering to the procedure would cause a tribunal to question the fairness of a dismissal. Basically if the employee was not informed and understood the outcome of a stage of a procedure then that would be a failure to adhere to the procedure.