Essentially you should attend a scheduled disciplinary hearing unless you have a genuine reason for being unable to attend. That said, you are entitled to understand what the subject matter of the hearing is and to be advised of this in reasonable time before the hearing; if your employer has not complied with this obligation you would be within your rights to ask that the meeting be postponed until such time as the employer has given you sufficient information about the reason for the hearing.
Furthermore you are entitled to be accompanied to a disciplinary hearing by a work colleague or a trade union representative; you employer should advise you of this right in writing and should also be reasonably accommodating about scheduling the meeting so that your chosen companion is able to attend.
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