Workplace and Environment

Notice of grievance appeal meetingIf you deny an employee the right to appeal against a grievance decision, you will be in breach of the Acas Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures, as well as your own grievance procedure. Use our ... Read more

Notification of grievance meetingIf an employee raises a grievance in writing, the first step is to write inviting them to attend a formal grievance meeting at which their issues or complaints will be discussed in detail. Our notification of grievanc... Read more

Staff discounts policyIf you run a shop or a retail sales business and you want to offer your employees a staff discount on the goods and products you sell, use our staff discounts policy for this purpose. It's common to give discounts in the region o... Read more

Corporate hospitality policyOur corporate hospitality policy helps you monitor client entertainment given or received. The Bribery Act 2010 doesn't ban corporate hospitality but you do need to ensure you're properly monitoring and limiting it to what i... Read more

Criminal records check clawback agreementIf you're required or permitted to obtain a standard or enhanced disclosure check on prospective employees because of the nature of their job role and you agree to pay the application fee, use our criminal reco... Read more

Rejection of volunteer for redundancy letterIf you have invited applications for voluntary redundancy as part of your redundancy consultation procedure, you don't have to accept everyone who applies and you can still revert to compulsory redundancy if... Read more

Notice of potential dismissal (FTC expiry)The expiry of a fixed-term contract without it being renewed is still a dismissal in law and therefore can still be an unfair dismissal if you fail to deal with the situation properly, notwithstanding the fac... Read more

Letter to competitor about employee on garden leaveIf you think an employee on garden leave is working elsewhere during their notice period, as well as pulling them up on this, also consider writing to the third party employer, particularly if it's a ... Read more

Notification of appeal meetingYou're under no legal obligation to give a short-serving employee an opportunity to appeal against their dismissal, unless you've promised this as part of a relevant contractual procedure. If you do decide to allow the emp... 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