Employment law

Letter rescheduling disciplinary appeal hearingWhere an employee appeals against a disciplinary sanction and you've arranged an appeal hearing, use our letter if either you need to postpone that appeal hearing or you're agreeing to the employee's reques... Read more

Time off for medical and dental appointments letterIf an employee requests to take time off work to attend a medical or other health-related appointment, our letter can be used to deal with their request for time off.Legal positionEmployees have no g... Read more

Letter notifying outcome of harassment complaintIf an employee has lodged a formal complaint related to alleged harassment under your dignity at work policy, once your investigation is complete, you should let them know the outcome and outline any ac... Read more

Easter bank holiday issue letterIf your holiday year runs from 1 April to 31 March, you may encounter an issue with staff paid annual leave in some holiday years because of how Easter can fall.Statutory requirementsUnder the Working Time Regulations ... Read more

Letter confirming time off for workplace companionIf a worker makes a reasonable request to be accompanied by a work colleague to a disciplinary, grievance or appeal hearing, and the colleague has agreed to accompany them, use our letter to send to t... Read more

Overlapping disciplinary and grievance matters letterIf an employee submits a formal written grievance whilst you're following your disciplinary procedure in relation to them, you need to decide how you're going to tackle that.Acas Code of PracticeThe ... Read more

Final performance warning for first incompetenceWhere you've held a formal performance meeting, if the employee's poor performance is sufficiently serious, you may be able to go straight to issuing them with a final performance warning.Appropriate acti... Read more