We have someone appealing against our findings in a disciplinary case, and raising a grievance because he claims we discriminated on grounds of sex in bringing it. How do we handle this?

Where a grievance relates to the handling of a disciplinary matter this should not be dealt with as a grievance, but as part of the appeal process under the disciplinary procedure. The procedures should make this clear, and employees should not be allowed to appeal under one procedure and then pursue a grievance separately under another.