Employment law
Models (800)
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
03 Mar 2023
Final performance warning for first incompetenceWhere you've held a formal performance meeting, if the employee's poor performance is sufficiently serious, you may be able to go straight to issuing them with a final performance warning.Appropriate acti... Read more
07 Feb 2023
Response to antenatal appointment companion requestEligible employees have the statutory right to take time off work to accompany a pregnant woman to up to two antenatal appointments. Where an employee has submitted a request for time off, use our le... Read more
07 Feb 2023
Secondary employment consent letterWhere an employee seeks your written permission for them to undertake secondary employment, use our letter where you're willing to grant consent for that second job.Contractual clauseOur Outside Business Interests Cl... Read more
07 Feb 2023
Time off for gender reassignment surgery letterWhere an employee requests time off work in order to undergo gender reassignment surgery, you can use our letter to approve their absence.Gender reassignmentGender reassignment is the process of permanen... Read more
07 Feb 2023
Lay-off and short time working clauseConsider inserting a lay-off and short time working clause into employment contracts enabling you to temporarily lay off an employee with no work and no pay, or to temporarily reduce their hours/days of work during... Read more
03 Feb 2023
Suspension letterIn cases of gross or very serious misconduct where there are no alternatives, you should give careful consideration to suspending the employee for a brief period during your disciplinary investigation and pending a formal discipl... Read more
03 Feb 2023
Non-exclusivity clauseExclusivity terms are unenforceable if they're in the contracts of employees or workers whose net average weekly wages don't exceed the lower earnings limit.Unenforceable exclusivity clausesAny exclusivity term in a specified cont... Read more
13 Jan 2023
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
13 Jan 2023
Response to disrupted adoption leave noticeWhere an employee has given you notice that their adoption leave has been disrupted, you can use our letter to respond to them to let them know what happens now as regards their adoption leave.Disruption of ... Read more
13 Jan 2023
