Employment law

Loans policyIf you're willing to provide occasional loans to employees on a discretionary basis, consider including our loans policy in your staff handbook. It sets out the procedure for applying, how the loan will be paid to the employee (if granted)... Read more

Statement in advance of a work-related eventIn advance of a major work-related social function, such as a Christmas party or a summer ball, it's worth reminding employees in writing about the standards of behaviour you expect from them, even if you al... Read more

Promotion policyIf you promote an employee, you need to make clear the terms and conditions of that promotion, for example, whether it will be subject to a probationary period. You also need to consider what will happen if it doesn't work out.Fast tra... Read more

Declaration of consent and entitlement to SPLOur declaration of consent and entitlement to SPL is for use where the mother or primary adopter doesn't initially intend to take any SPL and instead they propose to transfer the full balance of their mater... Read more

Road incident formIf an employee who drives on company business is involved in an incident/accident, you're likely to need the details. This checklist is to be completed shortly after the incident (ideally by your employee) providing a contemporaneous ... Read more

Letter recrediting holidayUse our letter when an employee falls sick either just before or during a period of pre-booked annual leave and they've both complied with your sickness absence reporting procedures and produced relevant evidence of their inc... Read more

Fair piece rate noticeUse our notice where you've opted to pay output workers a fair piece rate for each item produced, rather than paying them at least the national minimum wage (NMW) for every hour worked.Output workYou can pay output workers a fair... Read more

Minutes of disciplinary hearing You must take minutes of each disciplinary hearing that you hold. Our document contains prompts to include all relevant information and acts as proof that you will have covered all the matters that should be mentioned ... Read more

Employment overview record Our employment overview record can be placed at the front of an employee's personnel file to enable you to have easy access to key information about their employment history.  Personnel recordsYou probably keep a personnel ... Read more

Rejection of candidate before interview letterOur rejection of candidate before interview letter provides three alternative grounds for rejection of an application for employment. It's important to be entirely objective in and be able to justify your ... Read more