Employment law

Minutes of performance review meetingYou must take minutes of each formal performance review meeting that you hold. Our document contains prompts to include all relevant information and acts as your proof that you have covered all the matters that sh... Read more

Time off for employee representatives policyEmployee representatives have a statutory right to reasonable paid time off work to perform their functions or to undergo training to perform their role. Our policy covers the law here.Right to time offThe ... Read more

Letter confirming consent to vary place of workWhere an employee agrees to change their contractual place of work to their home address through permanent homeworking, use our letter to confirm that change and to send them a revised employment contrac... Read more

Letter requesting basic disclosure certificateYou can ask an employee to voluntarily apply for a basic disclosure certificate for any job role, provided you have a lawful basis for processing criminal convictions personal data, but it's best to only r... Read more

Out of time appeal request outcomeWhere an employee has lodged a late appeal in disciplinary or grievance cases and requested a time extension, once you've considered the case, you'll need to let them know the outcome of their request, which you can do... Read more

Letter advising appeal is out of timeYou can use our letter to advise employees that their appeal against a disciplinary or capability sanction or a grievance decision can't be heard as it's out of time. However, be careful about being too rigid in sti... Read more

Invitation to attend interview letterWhen you have decided which candidates you will be inviting to attend an interview, use our invitation to attend interview letter to contact them to arrange it. Interview invitationIt's advisable for at least two m... Read more

Termination by mutual consent letterYou can use our letter where there's a mutual agreement that an employee will leave your employment.Termination by agreementTo succeed in a claim for unfair dismissal, amongst other matters, an employee needs to est... Read more

Invitation to attend second interview letterWhere your recruitment process involves holding a second round of interviews for external candidates for vacant roles, you can use our letter to invite a job applicant to a second interview.Second interview... Read more