Employment law
Letter of dismissal on long-term incapacity groundsUse our letter when dismissing an employee due to long-term sickness absence. You must first have followed a fair dismissal procedure, including obtaining medical evidence and consulting with the emp... Read more
14 Jun 2024
Meeting request following a period of long-term incapacityOnce you've obtained a medical report, the next stage is to arrange a meeting with your absent employee to discuss its contents and any recommendations that it makes. In particular, you should ... Read more
14 Jun 2024
Letter to sick employee confirming performance reviewIf an employee has been signed off work on long-term sick leave during the performance management process, there will come a point when you need to move forward with the performance review meeting.... Read more
14 Jun 2024
Letter to arrange witness statement for employment tribunalWhere a current or former employee has agreed to give evidence on your behalf in your defence of an employment tribunal claim, you should get their witness statement prepared at an early stag... Read more
14 Jun 2024
Staff handbook compliance clauseOur clause places employees under an express contractual obligation to comply with your Staff Handbook.Contractual or non-contractualIt's your choice whether to make your Staff Handbook (or parts of it) contractual or n... Read more
14 Jun 2024
Flexible working acceptance without meeting letterWhere, having reviewed an employee's request for flexible working, you're happy to accept it in full, you can simply confirm this in writing.No need for meetingThe Acas Code of Practice on requests for ... Read more
14 Jun 2024
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
14 Jun 2024
Temporary redeployment following sickness absence letter Where an employee is to temporarily work in a different role on their return to work following long-term sickness absence, you can use our letter to confirm the arrangements for that temporary ... Read more
14 Jun 2024
First redundancy consultation letterRedundancy law is much more complex than paying an employee off. There must be a genuine redundancy situation and you must treat the employee fairly in the procedure you use prior to the dismissal decision being ta... Read more
24 May 2024
Second redundancy consultation letterWhen contemplating making an employee redundant, you will first need to enter into a period of individual consultation, which will involve arranging a series of meetings with the employee to discuss your proposal ... Read more
24 May 2024