Workplace and Environment

Collective redundancy information and consultation checklistRedundancy is a potentially fair reason for dismissal but you must still act reasonably. This means that you must properly explore other options to redundancy, fully consult with the affecte... Read more

Letter rejecting time off for elective medical procedureUse our letter to reject an employee's request for time off to undergo an elective medical procedure, such as breast augmentation or liposuction. Unless you contractually provide for time off wor... Read more

Disciplinary hearing order of proceedingsWhere managers are asked to chair disciplinary hearings, if they're new to the whole experience, it's helpful to give them guidance on how the hearing should be conducted. Our document will assist in ensuring th... Read more

Letter triggering maternity leave due to absence for pregnancy-related reasonsIf a pregnant employee is absent from work wholly or partly because of pregnancy after the beginning of the fourth week before her expected week of childbirth, her maternit... Read more

Internal statement announcing employee's departureUse our statement to make an internal announcement to other members of staff that an employee is leaving, or has left, your employment.Communication of departureWhen an employee leaves your employment,... Read more

Employee weekly timesheetUse our document to enable you to accurately measure and record the daily working hours of each of your workers should you wish to keep this type of record.Legal positionThe law requires you to maintain records which a... Read more

Reply to request to carry over holidayOur letter exceptionally approves the carrying over of some of the employee's unused annual leave entitlement from one holiday year to the next. Holidays policy provisionsOur Holidays Policy is clear that employ... Read more

Petty cash policyIf you hold a petty cash float at work for the reimbursement of small items of expenditure, it's worth putting in place a petty cash policy to outline when and how it can be used.Use of petty cash floatNormally, when employees incur w... Read more

Medical and dental appointments policyUse our medical and dental appointments policy to set your rules on time off work to attend health-related appointments. Special rules apply to antenatal appointments and you need to take care with disabled emplo... Read more

Public statements clauseIf you're concerned about employees giving interviews to or writing articles to be published in the media, or about ex-employees making disparaging statements to the media once they've left employment, insert our public statemen... Read more