Role Requirements: Qualifications, Licences and Disqualification

These templates are designed to help employers deal with issues arising where a role depends on an employee holding a required qualification, licence, training record, or other essential status.

If a job requires a particular qualification, degree, training standard, or licence, the employer is entitled to ask for proof that the employee holds it. Where the employee cannot provide that evidence, fails to obtain or renew it, or loses it during employment, a dispute or employment issue may arise that needs to be handled carefully and consistently.

This collection includes documents for confirming and managing those issues, including disciplinary hearing notices and related correspondence. It also covers driving disqualification where holding a valid driving licence is essential to the role.

Qualifications, Licences, and Driving Disqualification

These templates are particularly useful where an employee may no longer meet an essential requirement of their role.

That may include failure to produce evidence of a qualification, failure to obtain or maintain it, or disqualification from driving where driving is necessary for the job.

If an employee’s role depends on holding a valid driving licence and they are disqualified from driving, dismissal may be possible. This is commonly referred to as a statutory bar dismissal, because the employee can no longer continue in the role without contravening a duty or restriction imposed by statute.

Managing the Process Fairly

These matters should be documented carefully to help avoid allegations of inconsistent treatment, unlawful discrimination, constructive dismissal, or procedurally unfair dismissal.

In driving disqualification cases in particular, the employer must act fairly, take reasonable steps to see whether the employee can remain in the business, and properly consider alternatives to dismissal before deciding to terminate employment.

Practical Support for Role Requirement Disputes

Taken together, these templates provide a practical framework for managing disputes and employment issues linked to qualifications, licences, and statutory disqualification. They are intended to help employers keep the process organised, communicate clearly, and maintain proper records throughout.

• Confirmation of Qualification Dispute
• Qualification(s) Dispute Notice Of Disciplinary Hearing
• Failure To Obtain Qualification(s) Notice
• No Qualification(s) Notice Of Disciplinary Meeting Letter
• Letter inviting an employee disqualified from driving to a meeting
• Letter offering redeployment to an employee following disqualification from driving
• Letter dismissing an employee following disqualification from driving

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