Workplace and Environment

Personal relationships at work policyIn drafting and implementing a policy statement on personal relationships at work, you need to strike a balance between protecting your legitimate business interests and the right of your employees to have a priva... 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

Pool car policyIf you provide pool cars that your staff can ask to use when they need to carry out business-related journeys, it's important to have a policy in place covering the provision and use of your pool cars.What are pool cars?A pool car is es... Read more

Casual worker agreementIf you use casual workers where there's no guarantee you'll offer them work and the worker won't generally be expected to accept any work offered, you can use our casual worker agreement. Whilst our agreement is drafted to confer ... Read more

Work equipment - safe system of work - use of a petrol-driven lawnmowerTo ensure that your staff follow prescribed safe systems of work, you should use a formal document. This document sets out how a petrol-driven lawnmower should be used; for exampl... Read more

Manual handling policyIf your staff carry out significant manual handling tasks, use our policy to make your arrangements clear.What's covered?Our Manual Handling Policy sets out the current legal position and then goes on to describe the arrangements... Read more

Flexible working application formAll employees now benefit from the statutory right to request a flexible working arrangement but they cannot make more than two requests for flexible working within any twelve-month period. If an employee makes a ... Read more

Flexible working policyUse our policy statement to implement flexible working practices to improve the work-life balance of your staff. Our policy statement sets out the statutory right for employees to request flexible working arrangements, to... Read more

Family emergencies absence formEmployees are entitled to take a reasonable amount of time off during working hours to deal with emergencies involving dependants. The time off is unpaid and is only for as long as is necessary to help the employee to c... Read more