Employment law

Transgender action planYou can use our transgender action plan to set out the steps that you'll need to consider taking when supporting an employee who is transitioning. Managing the processOur Transgender Equality Policy sets out how you prevent disc... Read more

Variation of maternity leave requestAn employee can vary her chosen maternity leave start date, but she must give at least 28 days' notice. You can require any notice to change the start date to be in writing, so provide our form for this purpose.All ... Read more

Employment of ex-offenders policyThe Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 provides that, after a stipulated period of time, individuals who have been convicted of criminal offences and who have served their sentences are, with some exceptions, not ob... Read more

Letter rejecting repeated grievanceWhere an employee raises a new grievance which simply repeats issues that have already been raised, and dealt with, in their earlier grievance, you can use our letter to reject it as you don't need to go over the sam... Read more

Governing law and jurisdiction clauseOur clause says that the contract is governed by the laws of England and Wales and the courts of England and Wales have jurisdiction to settle disputes. Whilst you can select the governing law, you can't contract o... Read more

Right to work clauseOur right to work clause ensures employees must immediately notify you if they cease to have the right to work in the UK and you have the right to dismiss them for illegal working, subject to complying with fair dismissal rules. T... Read more

Religious observance policyOur policy explains how you will support employees who observe certain religious practices. Refusing to accommodate a request for time off for religious observance might amount to indirect religious discrimination, unless y... Read more

Letter to next of kin on death of employeeUse our letter to offer your condolences to the deceased's next of kin on the death of an employee. It also raises the issue of final salary and other payments which may be due to the estate or other beneficia... Read more

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