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Letter suspending an employee pending investigation

[ON HEADED NOTEPAPER OF EMPLOYER]

[ADDRESSEE]

[ADDRESS LINE 1]

[ADDRESS LINE 2]

[POSTCODE]

[DATE]

Dear [EMPLOYEE'S NAME],

Suspension pending disciplinary investigation

Following our meeting I am writing to confirm that, as of the date of this letter, you have been

suspended from work until further notice pending investigation into an allegation that

[DETAILS]. We reserve the right to add any further allegations that are appropriate in the light

of information obtained during our investigation.

During your suspension, we shall continue to pay your salary in the normal way. You are also

entitled to your normal contractual benefits [INSERT RELEVANT BENEFITS SUCH AS

HEALTHCARE, USE OF COMPANY CAR].

Your employment shall continue throughout your suspension and you remain bound by all

your terms and conditions of employment. [In particular, you are reminded that you must not

disclose any confidential information, set up in competition to [EMPLOYER'S NAME], solicit

our employees or customers or undertake any other paid employment.] You are not required

to carry out any of your duties and you should not attend the workplace unless authorised by

[NAME] to do so. You are required to co-operate in our investigations and may be required to

attend the workplace for investigative interviews or disciplinary hearings. You must not

communicate with any of our employees, contractors or customers unless authorised by

[NAME]. [Your email account has been suspended and you no longer have access to our

computer network]. However, you are required to be available to answer any work-related

queries.

We reserve the right to review the terms of this suspension from time to time as appropriate. If

you have any queries about these terms please contact [NAME].

Please read and ensure you understand our Disciplinary Procedure, which is enclosed. This

suspension does not constitute disciplinary action and does not imply any assumption that

you are guilty of any misconduct. When we have carried out our investigation, we shall write

to inform you whether we intend to hold a disciplinary hearing. If we consider that there are

grounds for disciplinary action we shall inform you of those grounds in writing and you will

Letter Suspending An Employee Pending Investigation