Employment law

Outside business interests clauseUse our outside business interests clause to restrict the ability of an employee to take on other jobs or outside business interests, both during and outside their normal working hours.All work and no playIt's quite re... Read more

Letter treating uncertified sickness absence as unauthorisedIf an employee has continually failed to submit a statement of fitness for work, or fit note, to cover a period of sickness absence of more than seven calendar days, you can then treat their... Read more

Rights following loss of pregnancy letterWhere a pregnant employee suffers either a miscarriage or a stillbirth, send our letter to advise her of her entitlements to maternity and/or sick leave. Only employees who are more than 24 weeks pregnant will ... Read more

Parental bereavement leave policyOur policy covers entitlement to parental bereavement leave, notice requirements, the options for taking leave and the employee's rights on return to work, as well as the position on pay.The basic rightThe right to par... Read more

Parental bereavement leave and pay formTo take leave, the employee must simply notify you of the date of the child's death, when they want leave to start and whether that leave will be one or two weeks, and they can do this verbally. However, to recei... Read more

Announcement of TUPE employee reps election result Where you've held an election for employee representatives in a TUPE transfer situation, once the election process has been completed, affected employees will need to be advised of the outcome.Informa... Read more

Training requirement clauseWhilst you probably run staff training in-house and on-site, sometimes you might require employees to attend training courses run externally or off-site, and these could take place some distance from their normal place of w... Read more

Bereavement policyOur bereavement policy goes further than the statutory right to reasonable unpaid time off for dependants. As well as providing for paid or unpaid bereavement leave following the death of an immediate or wider family member, our pol... Read more

Auto-enrolment postponement letterYou can postpone auto-enrolling employees in your workplace pension for up three months. This might mean that you never have to include temporary workers. Postponement can also be used in other situations, such as fo... Read more