grievance procedure

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A grievance procedure is the formal steps for making a complaint at work. Start a grievance procedure, follow the grievance procedure.

Using it puts a complaint on the record, which is what makes it more than a conversation. A grievance procedure has to be followed properly by the employer or a later tribunal will say so.

Definitions of grievance procedure

1noungrievance procedureThe formal steps for making a complaint at work.C1
“She raised it informally twice before starting a grievance procedure.”

grievance procedure is a procedure.

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grievance procedure

nounC1Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

A grievance procedure is the formal steps for making a complaint at work. Start a grievance procedure, follow the grievance procedure.

Using it puts a complaint on the record, which is what makes it more than a conversation. A grievance procedure has to be followed properly by the employer or a later tribunal will say so.

Definitions of grievance procedure

1noungrievance procedureThe formal steps for making a complaint at work.C1
“She raised it informally twice before starting a grievance procedure.”

grievance procedure is a procedure.

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