Employment law
Models (824)
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
24 Mar 2024
Zero-hours contract clauseA zero-hours contract is generally one where you're not obliged to provide the worker with any work at all and the worker is not obliged to accept any hours offered. There are no guaranteed minimum hours of work. Therefore, i... Read more
24 Mar 2024
Withdrawal of counter-notice contesting redundancy paymentWhere an employee is laid off or on short time working, they may try to claim redundancy pay, but you can contest your liability to pay it in certain circumstances. If you do so but then chang... Read more
08 Mar 2024
Company's social media activities guidelinesWhere you've authorised particular employees to use social media for business-related purposes, you can issue them with our guidelines.Social media policyOur Social Media Policy already includes a section set... Read more
08 Mar 2024
Carer's leave policyCarer's leave is available to employees who wish to be absent from work to provide or arrange care for a dependant with a long-term care need.The basic rightThe right to carer's leave enables employees to take up to one week off work... Read more
08 Mar 2024
Carer's leave formIf an employee is eligible and wishes to take unpaid carer's leave, they must first comply with certain statutory notice requirements.Notice requirementsAn employee may take the carer's leave to which they're entitled on such days as th... Read more
08 Mar 2024
Letter advising of NMW rate increase (due to legislation)All employers must pay their employees at least the national minimum wage (NMW). It is reviewed annually and, so far, it has always risen. When this happens, you should notify any staff affecte... Read more
08 Mar 2024
Letter advising of NMW rate freezeWhere the government imposes a freeze on any of the national minimum wage (NMW) rates, it's still worth writing to the affected employees to notify them that there will be no increase to their hourly rate of pay. Use ... Read more
08 Mar 2024
Settlement agreementWhen you want to prevent an employee from issuing proceedings in relation to the infringement of their statutory employment rights on termination of their employment, consider going down the settlement agreement route. This is an ... Read more
08 Mar 2024
Preventing illegal working letterIt's important to check all new recruits are eligible to work in the UK, or you could find yourself committing an offence. Use our preventing illegal working letter to enable you to carry out the necessary checks on pr... Read more
08 Mar 2024
