Employment law

GDPR data processor clausesIf you use any third-party processors to handle employees' personal data, you must by law include a number of key written terms governing data protection in the commercial contracts you enter into with them.Processor obligat... Read more

Letter confirming pension contribution increaseUse our letter to advise workers of any increases in the minimum contributions that must be made to automatic enrolment workplace pension schemes.Effective dates of increasesThe minimum contributions tha... Read more

Letter requesting return of contract of employmentUse our letter to chase an employee where they've failed to sign and return their contract of employment within a week or so of you issuing it. It enables you to put a system in place to stop unsigned ... Read more

Whole agreement clauseInsert our whole agreement clause into all new contracts of employment, to make clear that any previous oral or written agreements, discussions, negotiations, promises, correspondence, assurances, representations or understandin... Read more

Notice of SOSR or statutory bar appeal meetingAn employee has no statutory right to appeal against an SOSR or statutory bar dismissal. However, you should still give them an opportunity to appeal as part of an overall fair procedure. Use our letter w... Read more

Letter following SOSR or statutory bar appeal meetingAfter holding an appeal against the decision to dismiss an employee on some other substantial reason (SOSR) or statutory bar grounds, you need to formally notify them in writing of the outcome. The... Read more

Resignation policyWhen an employee resigns, in most cases you'll want to know the reason why so it's useful to conduct an exit interview or ask the employee to complete an exit questionnaire. In addition, it's important for the employee to know the arra... Read more

Third party rights clauseThird party rights potentially enable someone who isn't a party to the employment contract to directly enforce a term of that contract against you, but not against your employee. If you don't want to risk conferring rights on t... Read more

Conduct whilst on company business policyYou're limited in the restrictions you can place on an employee's behaviour in their own private time but you can try to control what they get up to at work-related social events by having a policy statement on ... Read more

Letter confirming payment in lieu of noticeWhere you've stated an employee isn't required to work out their notice period and instead will be paid in lieu of notice, use our letter to confirm the PILON payment. You need to work out whether it's a contra... Read more