Workplace and Environment

Fume and odour management checklistNasty niffs, whether on a small or industrial scale, can impact on quality of life. As such, you need to ensure that your business isn't having a negative effect on your neighbours. Fume and odour management Do your ... Read more

Nuisance log - to be completed by complainantIf neighbouring activities are causing disruption to your business, you might consider raising a formal complaint of statutory nuisance. Use our document to log your experiences.Cause for complaintStatutor... Read more

 Letter permitting employee to offer gift/hospitality The Bribery Act 2010 is considered to be the harshest piece of anti-corruption legislation anywhere in the world. Not only does it contain criminal offences of bribing and being bribed, it's also... Read more

Corporate hospitality report formUse our corporate hospitality report form to facilitate the reporting of corporate hospitality invitations by your employees, where they wish to attend the event. Keep the completed forms in a central location and reg... Read more

 Witness statement checklist In any tribunal claim, the strength of your witness evidence is the key to success. So if you're unlucky enough to be on the receiving end of a claim, you must ensure that everything is covered in a comprehensive statemen... Read more

Overpayment of wages letterAs a general rule, you're able to recover accidental overpayments of wages by making deductions from the employee's salary. For this type of deduction, you don't need the employee's consent.An authorised deductionOccasionally, ... Read more

First aid requirementsEmployers are legally obliged to provide first aid facilities in the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981. A failure to do so will potentially put you on the wrong side of the law.Managing the risksTo help you, use ou... Read more

Accident reporting procedureIn the event of an accident it's important that staff and managers know what to do. To save time and ensure your rules are obvious, use our accident reporting procedure.What's covered?This procedure is designed as a single p... Read more

Attendance at external eventsMany companies arrange external events for their employees for a number of different reasons - to enhance training skills, encourage "team building" or as a means of collective reward etc. Managing the risksTo help you iden... Read more