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KEY DOCUMENTS
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Contracts of employment
Employee handbook
Key employment statistics
Recent/proposed employment legislation (GB)
POLICIES AND HANDBOOKS
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Absence reporting and sick pay
Additional work
Bullying and harassment
Business ethics
Business gifts and hospitality
Career break and sabbaticals
Car and vehicle
Data protection
Disciplinary procedure
Diversity
Dress code
Drivers' handbook
Driving on business
Drugs, alcohol and substance abuse
Environmental
Equal opportunity
Expenses claim
Extended leave
Flexible working
Fraud prevention
Grievance procedure
Health and safety
Health and safety rules
Home working
IT and computer use
Lone workers
Maternity, adoption, paternity, parental
and dependant leave
Mobile phone
Personal relationships at work
Recruitment and selection
Redundancy
References
Relocation
Retirement
Reward
Search
Smoking
Stress
Training and development
Union partnership agreement
Whistleblowing
Work experience
Working and travelling abroad
Working with children
and vulnerable adults
Working with volunteers
Work-related functions and events
FORMS
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Absence record
Adoption letters and checklist
Application
Appraisal
Appraisal review preparation
Authority to recruit
Authorisation to make deduction(s) from pay
Bank details
Data access request
Death-in-service checklist
Equipment issued
Exit interview
Expenses
Flexible working request
Holiday requests
Home working induction checklist
Induction checklist
Induction plan
Interview assessment
Interview expenses claim
Job description
Leaver checklist
Leaver's report form
Maternity checklist
Maternity, adoption, paternity, parental
and dependant leave guidelines
Parental leave record
Person specification
Personal details form
Personnel file checklist
Pre-employment health questionnaire
Recruitment - short-list form
Redundancy letters and forms
Retirement letters and forms
Self-certification of absence
Time to train request letters and form
Training evaluation form
Training and development plan
Training record
Turnover analysis
Working Time record
RECRUITMENT LETTERS
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Acknowledge speculative application
Holding letter
Invite to interview
Invite to 2nd interview
Offer of employment
Reference request: employer
Reference request: education
Reference request: personal
Unsuccessful applicant: not shortlisted
Unsuccessful applicant: after interview
LETTERS
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Also see RECRUITMENT above
Absence - confirm warning
Absence - unauthorised
Adoption letters
Appeal letters
Authorisation of additional, outside work
Career breaks
Change to contractual terms and conditions
Compromise agreement
Confidential disclosure agreement
Disciplinary warnings
Discipline - confirm suspension
Discipline - invite to disciplinary hearing
Dismissal (misconduct or poor performance)
Dismissal (ill-health)
Dismissal (expiry of fixed-term contract)
Dismissal (some other substantial reason)
Employee satisfaction survey
Flexible working requests
Grievance letters
Harassment or bullying - acknowledge allegation
Jury service - confirm details
Lay-off letter
Maternity letters
Medical reports
New starter - first day reporting instructions
Non-disclosure agreement
Pay review - confirm details
Performance management
Paternity letters and form
Probationary letters
Redundancy letters and forms
Reference requests
Relocation repayment agreement
Resignation - confirm acceptance
Retirement letters and forms
Sales commission scheme
Secondment - letters and agreement
Sick pay - expiry of payment
Time to train request letters and form
Training repayment agreement
Tribunal claim - request to strike out
TUPE letters
Volunteer agreement
Whistleblowing - acknowledge receipt of concern
Working Time Regulations - opt-out agreements
HEALTH AND SAFETY
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Accident reporting and records
Alcohol and drug abuse in the workplace
Asbestos
Blood-borne viruses
Corporate Manslaughter Act
COSHH Regulations
Disabled workers
Display screen equipment (VDUs)
Driving on business
Electricity at work
Employee responsibilities
Fire
First aid
Further advice
Home workers
Legal minimum requirements
Legionella
Manual handling
Lone workers
Mobile phones
Night workers
Noise
Occupational health services (OHS)
Personal protective equipment (PPE)
Portable electrical appliances
Pregnant workers and
women of child-bearing age
Risk assessment
Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations
Safety representatives
Slips, trips and falls
Smoking
Vibration
Working at height
Working in hot temperatures
Workplace violence
LEGAL OVERVIEWS
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Discrimination:
- general
- age
- disability
- race
- religion or belief
- sex
- sexual orientation
- Equality Act
Arbitration
Agency workers
Attachment of Earnings Orders (AEOs)
Automatic unfair dismissal
Bribery Act 2010
Bullying and harassment at work
Changing contractual terms
Compromise agreements
Consulting with your workers
Criminal records and CRB disclosures
Data Protection Act (DPA)
Directors' responsibilities
Disciplinary action
Dismissal
Document retention
Employment rights
Employment status
Employment tribunals
Equal pay
Fixed-term contracts
Flexible working - right to request
Foreign nationals and work permits
Handling absence due to sickness or injury
Handling grievances
Handling absences other than sickness
Key employment statistics
Lay-off and short-time working
Managing poor performance
Maternity and adoption
National Minimum Wage (NMW)
Notice periods
Parental leave
Part-time workers
Paternity leave
Pension schemes - general overview
Pensions - occupational schemes
and personal pension schemes
Pensions - Personal Accounts Scheme
Pensions - stakeholder pensions
Redundancy
Redundancy pay ready-reckoner
Restrictive covenants
Retirement - the statutory procedure
Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (VBS)
Sick pay (including SSP)
Statements of Fitness for Work
Time off for dependants
Time to train - right to request
Trade unions
Transfer of Undertakings Regulations (TUPE)
Useful calculators for statutory rates
Whistleblowing
Working Time Regulations (WTR)
Young persons and children
STEP BY STEP GUIDES
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Appraisal
Communication
Delegation
Disciplinary investigations
Disciplinary meetings
Employee surveys
Induction
Interviewing
Making a job offer
Managing TUPE transfers - transfer out
Managing TUPE transfers - transfer in
Motivating your team
Performance management
Personnel files and administration
Recruitment
Redundancy
Restructuring
Retention
Time management
Training and development
GUIDES
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360-degree appraisal
Assessment days
Apprentices
Avoiding tribunals
Benchmarking
Bonus/incentive schemes
Business gifts and hospitality
Career break schemes
Changing culture
Childcare vouchers
Clients, contractors and other third parties
Coaching and mentoring
Communicating effectively during mergers,
acquisitions and change
Competency-based selection
Crisis and contingency planning
Cycle to work scheme
Dealing with language barriers
Death-in-service
Deductions from pay
Diversity in the workplace
Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs)
E-learning
Elements of a reward package
Employee consultation
Equal pay audits
Flexible working
Flexible or cafeteria benefit schemes
Home working
Identifying and developing leadership skills
Internal communications
Investors in People (IIP)
Itemised pay statements
Job adverts
Job descriptions
Job evaluation
Job share arrangements
Management development
Managing change
Managing conflict
Managing depression
Managing during major sporting events
Managing holidays
Managing in a continued recession
Managing leavers
Managing long-term absence
Managing 'redundancy survivor syndrome'
Misconduct outside work
National Insurance Contributions (NICs)
Occupational testing
Pay levels
Pay review
PAYE and Income Tax
Personal relationships at work
Person specifications
Pre-employment checks
Preventing and managing industrial action
Probationary periods
Psychological contract
Retirement
Sales commission schemes
Secondments
Salary sacrifice
Social networking
Standby and call-out arrangements
Stress at work
Succession management
Suggestion schemes
Talent management
Taking up references
Theft and fraud
Tribunal claims
Weather - managing extreme conditions
Women in the workplace
Work-related functions
Work experience and unpaid placements
Working and travelling abroad
Working with children and vulnerable adults
HANDOUTS
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DOs and DON'Ts - absence
DOs and DON'Ts - appraisal
DOs and DON'Ts - bullying and harassment
DOs and DON'Ts - discipline
DOs and DON'Ts - dismissal
Essential employment law for managers
DOs and DON'Ts - grievances
DOs and DON'Ts - probationary periods
DOs and DON'Ts - recruitment
DOs and DON'Ts - redundancy
DOs and DON'Ts - references
DOs and DON'Ts - retirement
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abolition
Retirement - removal of default retirement age
abroad
Working and travelling abroad - guide
abroad
Working and travelling abroad policy
absence
Absence documents
absence
Absence - introduction page
absence
Discipline and misconduct - introduction page
absence
Maternity, adoption, paternity, parental and time off for dependants - introduction page
absence
Pay and benefits - introduction page
absence
Adoption leave - legal overview
absence
Disciplinary action - legal overview
absence
Handling absence due to sickness or injury - legal overview
absence
Handling absences other than sickness - legal overview
absence
Increase in statutory holidays - legal overview
absence
Maternity leave - legal overview
absence
Paternity leave - legal overview
absence
Right to request time to train - legal overview
absence
Sick pay (including Statutory Sick Pay) - legal overview
absence
Statements of Fitness for Work - legal overview
absence
Time off for dependants - legal overview
absence
Return to work interviews - step by step guide
absence
Accident reporting and records - guide
absence
Alcohol and drug abuse in the workplace - guide
absence
Career break schemes and sabbaticals - guide
absence
Data protection - employee monitoring - guide
absence
Data protection - employment records - guide
absence
Data protection - health monitoring - guide
absence
Employee Assistance Programmes ('EAP's) - guide
absence
Health and safety documents
absence
Managing depression - guide
absence
Managing during major sporting events - guide
absence
Managing extreme weather conditions - guide
absence
Managing holidays - guide
absence
Managing long-term absence due to ill-health - guide
absence
Managing the probationary period - guide
absence
Stress at work - guide
absence
Why have policies and procedures - guide
absence
Absence - confirm warning - letter
absence
Absence record
absence
Absence reporting and sick pay policy
absence
Absence - unauthorised - first letter (request contact)
absence
Absence - unauthorised - fourth letter (dismissal)
absence
Absence - unauthorised - second letter (invite to disciplinary hearing)
absence
Absence - unauthorised - third letter (rescheduled disciplinary hearing)
absence
Accident report form
absence
Additional paternity leave - confirm notification
absence
Adoption letters and checklist
absence
Death-in-service checklist
absence
Disciplinary procedure
absence
Dismissal (ill-health) - confirmation - letter
absence
Dismissal (ill-health) - invite to consultation meeting - letter
absence
Dismissal (ill-health) - letters
absence
Dismissal (unauthorised absence) - letters
absence
DOs and DON'Ts - absence
absence
DOs and DON'Ts - dismissal
absence
Extended leave policy
absence
Holiday request forms
absence
Jury service - confirm details - letter
absence
Maternity, adoption and paternity leave policy
absence
Maternity, adoption, paternity, parental and dependant leave guidelines
absence
Maternity, adoption, paternity, parental and dependant leave policies
absence
Maternity letters and checklist
absence
Medical report (frequent absences) - letter to GP
absence
Medical report (long-term absence) - letter to GP
absence
Medical report - request consent - letter
absence
Medical reports - letters
absence
Occupational health assessment - request to attend
absence
Occupational health request - frequent absences - letter to advisor
absence
Occupational health request - general concern - letter to advisor
absence
Occupational health request - long-term absence - letter to advisor
absence
Ordinary paternity leave - confirm notification
absence
Parental leave and time off for dependants policy
absence
Parental leave record
absence
Paternity leave letters
absence
Self-certification of absence form
absence
Sick pay - expiry of payment - letter
absence
Stress policy
absences
Handling absences other than sickness - legal overview
absences
Medical report (frequent absences) - letter to GP
absences
Occupational health request - frequent absences - letter to advisor
abuse
Alcohol and drug abuse in the workplace - guide
abuse
Workplace violence - guide
abuse
Drugs, alcohol and substance abuse policy
accept
Maternity - accept resignation - letter
accept
Redundancy - accept volunteer - letter
accept
Request for time to train - accept request - letter
access
Data access request form
access
Mobile access towers (MAT) checklist
access
Website access instructions
accession
Foreign nationals and work permits - legal overview
accident
Health and Safety - introduction page
accident
Accident reporting and records - guide
accident
First aid - guide
accident
Health and safety documents
accident
Accident claim checklist
accident
Accident report form
accident
Accident report policy
accident
Accident witness statement
accident
Emergency procedure checklist
accident
First aid at work policy
accident
First aid kit contents form
accident
First aid room checklist
accident
Personal details form
accident
Self-certification of absence form
accident
Sick pay - expiry of payment - letter
accidents
Slips, trips and falls - guide
accidents
Drivers' handbook
accidents
Driving on business policy
accidents
Health and safety rules
accompanied
Handling grievances - legal overview
accompanied
Disciplinary meetings - step by step guide
accompanied
Appeal letters - discipline/dismissal
accompanied
Discipline - invite to disciplinary hearing - letter
accompanied
Dismissal (misconduct or poor performance) - letters
accompanied
Grievance letters
accreditation
Investors in People (IIP) - guide
acquisition
Consultation and communication - introduction page
acquisition
Transfer of Undertakings Regulations (TUPE) - legal overview
acquisition
Communicating effectively during mergers, acquisitions and change - guide
acquisition
TUPE - confirm transfer - letter
acquisition
TUPE - first meeting with elected representatives - letter
acquisition
TUPE - invite employees to nominate representatives - letter
acquisition
TUPE letters and forms
acquisition
TUPE - notification of elected representatives - letter
acquisition
TUPE - request details for tender - letter
acquisition
TUPE - transfer in - request employee liability information - letter
acquisition
TUPE - transfer out - employee liability information - letter
addiction
Alcohol and drug abuse in the workplace - guide
addiction
Drugs, alcohol and substance abuse policy
additional
Additional paternity leave - confirm notification
additional
Additional work policy
additional
Authorisation of additional, outside, work - letter
address
Contact us
ad-hoc
Casual worker's agreement
adjustment
Discrimination - disability - legal overview
adjustment
Disabled workers - health and safety considerations - guide
adjustment
Disability assessment questionnaire
adjustments
Statements of Fitness for Work - legal overview
administration
HR administration documents
administration
HR administration - introduction page
administration
Non-employee documents
administration
Personnel files and administration - step by step guide
adoption
Maternity, adoption, paternity, parental and time off for dependants - introduction page
adoption
Adoption leave - legal overview
adoption
Adoption letters and checklist
adoption
Maternity, adoption and paternity leave policy
adoption
Maternity, adoption, paternity, parental and dependant leave documents
adoption
Maternity, adoption, paternity, parental and dependant leave guidelines
adoption
Maternity, adoption, paternity, parental and dependant leave policies
adoption
Maternity or adoption leave - non-return - letter
adults
Criminal records and CRB disclosures - legal overview
adults
Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups ("VBS") - legal overview
adults
Working with children and vulnerable adults - guide
adults
Working with children and vulnerable adults policy
advertising
Discrimination - recruitment considerations - legal overview
advertising
Job adverts - how to write - guide
advisors
Our team
aeo
Pay and benefits - introduction page
aeos
Attachment of Earnings Orders (AEOs) - legal overview
affair
Personal relationships at work - guide
affair
Personal relationships at work policy
afterschool
Childcare vouchers - guide
age
Discrimination and diversity - introduction page
age
Discrimination - age - legal overview
age
Discrimination - recruitment considerations - legal overview
age
Pension schemes - general overview
age
Redundancy pay ready-reckoner
age
Retirement - the statutory procedure - legal overview
age
Managing an age-diverse workforce
age
Managing retirement - guide
age
Pregnant workers and women of child-bearing age - guide
age
DOs and DON'Ts - retirement
age
Retirement - letters and form
age
Retirement policy
age
Retirement - removal of default retirement age
agency
Non-employees - introduction page
agency
Agency workers - legal overview
agency
Employment status - legal overview
agreement
Associate agreement
agreement
Casual worker's agreement
agreement
Compromise agreement
agreement
Confidential disclosure agreement
agreement
Director's service agreement
agreement
Non-disclosure agreement
agreement
Non-executive director's services agreement
agreement
Relocation repayment agreement
agreement
Secondment letters and agreement
agreement
Training repayment agreement
agreement
Union partnership agreement - appendix 1
agreement
Union partnership agreement
agreement
Volunteer agreement
agreement
Working Time Regulations - opt-out agreement - internal
agreement
Working Time Regulations - opt-out agreement - other employment
aid
Health and Safety - introduction page
aid
Accident reporting and records - guide
aid
First aid - guide
aid
Health and safety documents
aid
Disability assessment questionnaire
aid
First aid at work policy
aid
First aid kit contents form
aid
First aid room checklist
aids
Blood-borne viruses
alarm
Lone workers - guide
alarm
Workplace violence - guide
alarm
Violence at work policy
alcohol
Alcohol and drug abuse in the workplace - guide
alcohol
Data protection - health monitoring - guide
alcohol
Drugs, alcohol and substance abuse policy
alcohol
Search policy
allegation
Harassment or bullying - acknowledge allegation - letter
allegations
Bullying and harassment at work - legal overview
allegations
Whistleblowing - legal overview
allegations
Disciplinary investigations - step by step guide
allegations
Discipline - invite to disciplinary hearing - letter
allegations
Whistleblowing policy
alone
Lone workers - guide
alone
Lone workers policy
alternative
Redundancy - confirm offer of alternative work - letter
amendment
Changing contractual terms - legal overview
amendment
Change to contractual terms and conditions - letter
aml
Maternity leave - legal overview
aml
Maternity letters and checklist
amnesty
Discrimination - race - legal overview
analysis
Turnover analysis form
annual
Employee surveys - step by step guide
annual
How to undertake a pay review - guide
ante-natal
Maternity leave - legal overview
ante-natal
Maternity, adoption and paternity leave policy
ante-natal
Maternity, adoption, paternity, parental and dependant leave guidelines
appeal
Appeal letters - discipline/dismissal
appeal
Discipline/dismissal - confirm outcome of appeal - letter
appeal
Discipline/dismissal - invite to appeal meeting - letter
appeal
Flexible working request - invite to appeal meeting
appeal
Flexible working request - successful appeal - letter
appeal
Flexible working request - unsuccessful appeal - letter
appeal
Grievance appeal - confirm outcome - letter
appeal
Grievance appeal - invite to appeal meeting - letter
appeal
Request for time to train - confirm successful appeal
appeal
Request for time to train - confirm unsuccessful appeal - letter
appeal
Request for time to train - invite to appeal meeting - letter
appliance
Portable electrical appliances
appliance
Electrical visual inspection checklist
applicants
Recruitment - place candidates on hold - letter
application
Recruitment documents
application
Recruitment - step by step guide
application
Data protection - recruitment and selection - guide
application
Pre-employment checks - guide
application
Additional paternity leave - confirm notification
application
Application form
application
DOs and DON'Ts - recruitment
application
Ordinary paternity leave - confirm notification
application
Paternity leave letters
application
Recruitment - acknowledge speculative application - letter
application
Recruitment letters
appointed
First aid - guide
appraisal
Training and appraisal documents
appraisal
Appraisal - step by step guide
appraisal
360-degree appraisal - guide
appraisal
Appraisal form
appraisal
Appraisal review preparation form
appraisal
DOs and DON'Ts - appraisal
apprentice
Contract of employment - apprentice
arbitration
Arbitration
arguments
Managing conflict - guide
asbestos
Asbestos - guide
aspl
Paternity leave - legal overview
aspl
Maternity, adoption, paternity, parental and dependant leave policies
assessment
How to run a simple assessment day - guide
assessment
COSHH assessment
assessment
Disability assessment questionnaire
assessment
Home working assessment
assessment
Interview assessment form
assessment
Maternity - risk assessment meeting - letter
assessment
Night worker assessment
assessment
Occupational health assessment - request to attend
assessment
Risk assessment form
assessment
Risk assessment - HR practices
assessments
Risk assessments - guide
associate
Non-employee documents
associate
Non-employees - introduction page
associate
Employment status - legal overview
associate
Associate agreement
association
Discrimination - general - legal overview
association
Equality Act - legal overview
attachment
Attachment of Earnings Orders (AEOs) - legal overview
attendance
Handling absence due to sickness or injury - legal overview
attendance
Handling absences other than sickness - legal overview
attendance
Managing long-term absence due to ill-health - guide
attendance
Absence record
attendance
Medical report (frequent absences) - letter to GP
attitude
Employee surveys - step by step guide
attrition
Retention - step by step guide
attrition
Managing the psychological contract - guide
audit
Equal pay - legal overview
audit
Equal pay audits - guide
audit
Risk assessment - HR practices
authorisation
Authorisation of additional, outside, work - letter
authorisation
Authorisation to make deduction(s) from pay - letter
automatic
Automatic unfair dismissal - legal overview
award
Employment/Industrial tribunals - legal overview
award
Employment tribunals - legal overview
award
Pay review - confirm details - letter
awol
Handling absences other than sickness - legal overview
awol
Absence - unauthorised - first letter (request contact)
awol
Absence - unauthorised - fourth letter (dismissal)
awol
Absence - unauthorised - second letter (invite to disciplinary hearing)
awol
Absence - unauthorised - third letter (rescheduled disciplinary hearing)
awol
Dismissal (unauthorised absence) - letters
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