Employee's Grievance Letter

The Employee's Grievance Letter is a letter used to by an employee who wants to make a formal complaint about something that happened at work. The employee must set out full details about the complaint to give the employer adequate information to carry out a thorough investigation on the matter.

This document details the names and addresses of the employer and employee, the position of the employee and the particulars of the complaint.
This letter covers covers a number of situations which may lead to a complaint including discrimination, bullying, health and safety concerns, breach of contract, harassment at work place, etc.

How to use this document

After filling this form, the employee raising this grievance must sign this letter and give it to the employer. If the employer is an organization, the letter must be given to the appropriate person within the employer organization (such as the head of human resources) who will be responsible for investigating the incidents. The employee can keep a copy of this letter for record purposes.

Applicable law

There is no formal law regulating the grievance procedure, however, some organizations have a manual which may regulate this. The Nigeria Labour Act generally applies to employment matters in Nigeria. Also, the general rules of contract are also applicable to the document.

How to modify the template

You fill out a form. The document is created before your eyes as you respond to the questions.

At the end, you receive it in Word and PDF formats. You can modify it and reuse it.