Article 7
United Kingdom
The Director may impose one of the following penalties:
a written warning;
a reprimand;
deferment of advancement to a higher step for a period of between one and 23 months;
relegation in step;
temporary downgrading for a period of between 15 days and one year;
downgrading;
removal from post, involving termination of contract, accompanied by total forfeiture of the loss of employment indemnity or fixed-term contract allowance.
Where the staff member is in receipt of a retirement pension or an invalidity allowance, the Director may decide to withhold an amount from the pension or the invalidity allowance for a given period; the effects of this measure shall not extend to the staff member's dependants. The staff member's income may not, however, be less than the minimum subsistence figure corresponding to the basic salary of a staff member at post C1/1, with the addition of any family allowances payable.
A single instance of misconduct shall not give rise to more than one disciplinary penalty.