Workplace and Environment

Letter advising employee to remain at home until medical evidence obtained about suitability to workIt's not unusual for some employees to want to return to work after a bout of sickness absence before they are well enough to do so, or to refuse to go... Read more

Letter notifying reversion to SSPUnder the terms of your employees' contracts of employment, you may provide that employees will get statutory sick pay (SSP) only in the event of sickness absence. Alternatively, you may have a discretionary or contrac... Read more

Confirmation of outcome of long-term incapacity dismissal appeal meetingAfter holding an appeal against the decision to dismiss the employee on long-term incapacity grounds, you need to formally notify them of the outcome. The decision on an appeal w... Read more

Deferral of jury service letterYou can use our deferral of jury service letter to write to the court in support of an employee's application for deferral of jury service, or to be excused from jury service, where the reasons for the application are wo... Read more

Letter informing employee that the business is relocatingUse our letter informing employee that the business is relocating once you have started to firm up your plans to move. How you deal with the situation from here will depend on whether you're rel... Read more

Letter informing employee of possible relocation of business premisesIf you wish to consider a move to new business premises, you'll need to ensure you deal with the employment aspects of a possible move. Use our letter informing employee of possible ... Read more

Letter enclosing workplace companion confidentiality agreement Where you require a workplace companion to a disciplinary or grievance hearing to sign a confidentiality agreement, use our covering letter to issue that document to them.Statutory rightA... Read more

Letter lifting suspensionWhere an employee has been suspended on pay in a case where you believed them to have committed an act of very serious or gross misconduct, after investigation you might find there is, in fact, no case to answer. In this case... Read more

Letter inviting employee to mediationIf you want to try to resolve a workplace dispute through mediation, provisionally appoint a mediator and then use our letter inviting employee to mediation to set the process in motion.  However, be aware that m... Read more

Workplace companion confidentiality agreement Where a worker requests to be accompanied to a disciplinary or grievance hearing, use our workplace companion confidentiality agreement. It sets out the extent of the companion's role and your requirements... Read more