Question

What can a parish council do to a councillor if a member of staff makes a complaint of bullying against him

Answer 1

The Council should have a grievance policy that covers such matters. The Council can't do anything beyond  the terms of the policy, but this may also be a breach of the Code of Conduct, depending upon the circumstances, in which case it could be reported to the Monitoring Officer at the District Council. If the Council has a valid grievance policy, the Monitoring Officer may bounce it back to be addressed under that policy.

Comments

Yes we do have a grievance policy just wondering what you can actually do in the way of reprimanding a councillor

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Councils have no powers to discipline their members.

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That’s what I thought

Answer 2

A complaint of bullying would be something that is covered by the Code of Conduct. As such it is only the Monitoring Officer of the district council that should be investigating this and handing out any reprimands.

It would be unlawful if the PC tried to handle this themselves and you would risk the councillor taking legal action against you.