Employment law

Reply to request to convert holiday to sickness absenceUse our response letter where an employee requests to convert holiday to sickness absence after falling ill on annual leave. Our letter approves the request if they've followed your sickness absen... Read more

Preserving staff dignity statement Our preserving staff dignity statement is essentially a stand-alone policy for you to give to third parties with whom you do business setting out your zero tolerance approach to aggressive behaviour, violence, bull... Read more

Whistleblowing policyA whistleblowing policy statement will provide your employees with a route for them to raise qualifying disclosures under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998. Without it, you might find that the employee runs straight to the ... Read more

Time off for public dutiesAs employees have a statutory right to take reasonable unpaid time off to carry out certain designated public duties, our letter agrees to grant time off on specified dates and sets out two alternative positions on pay. Stat... Read more

Letter acknowledging whistleblowing disclosureIf a worker has blown the whistle on wrongdoing at work, you'll need to promptly investigate the matter. Start by using our letter to confirm receipt of their disclosure and to advise them of what the next... Read more

Misconduct checklistUse this checklist to help you deal with an employee's misconduct. This will involve carrying out an investigation and then, if there is a case to answer, proceeding to a disciplinary hearing, after which you will need to consider ... Read more

Letter following receipt of medical certificate during suspensionIt's not uncommon for employees who are suspended from work pending a disciplinary hearing to get themselves medically certified as sick with anxiety, stress or depression. As the employ... Read more

Dealing with poor performance checklist This checklist is intended for cases where performance cannot be managed by the normal appraisal system, and the outcome may be dismissal if performance is not improved. Potentially fair dismissal reasonUnder ... Read more

TUPE employee liability information letterOn a TUPE transfer, the transferor is obliged to notify to the transferee in writing the "employee liability information" of any employee who is assigned to the undertaking that is the subject of the transfer. ... Read more

Personal statement review helpsheetOur personal statement review helpsheet will assist you in sorting out the good personal statements on job applicants' CVs from the poor ones. You can go through the two lists as part of your recruitment process when... Read more