Employment law

Workplace sweepstake rulesUsing our workplace sweepstake rules will ensure that, where your staff run small-scale work sweepstakes, e.g. on the Grand National or one of the sporting World Cups, they're complying with the law. Gambling Act 2005A typica... Read more

Death benefit expression of wishes formWhere you provide a life assurance scheme, you should ask employees to complete a death benefit expression of wishes form to enable them to set out their wishes in relation to the lump sum death in service benef... Read more

Offer of voluntary internship letterOur offer of voluntary internship is for use where you're offering a work shadowing placement in which the intern is there to observe what happens in the workplace but carries out no work. It's not, however, suitable... Read more

Duvet day policyOur duvet day policy allows employees to take a couple of annual leave days each holiday year without having to plan to do so in advance. Make such you control how your policy operates in practice as you don't want to end up with a fre... Read more

Appraisal procedure and formAn annual appraisal is a formal evaluation when a review of an employee's performance takes place. Annual appraisal meetings should be open where both parties exchange views and reach agreed conclusions and action plans.App... Read more

Outcome of time to train appeal meeting Where an employee has appealed against your decision to decline their time to train application and you've held an appeal meeting, the final stage is to notify them in writing of the outcome of their appeal with... Read more

Credit and charge card clauseUse our credit and charge card clause where you issue an employee with a company credit or charge card. It sets out what the card can be used for, what must be done if it's lost, damaged or stolen and what happens if it's m... Read more

Confirmation of no further disciplinary actionWhilst the outcome of most disciplinary hearings will result in the imposition of some form of disciplinary sanction against the employee, occasionally it will be the case that no further action is to be ... Read more

Notice of grievance appeal meetingIf you deny an employee the right to appeal against a grievance decision, you will be in breach of the Acas Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures, as well as your own grievance procedure. Use our ... Read more

Notification of grievance meetingIf an employee raises a grievance in writing, the first step is to write inviting them to attend a formal grievance meeting at which their issues or complaints will be discussed in detail. Our notification of grievanc... Read more