Topic: Employment law
Witness statement checklist In any tribunal claim, the strength of your witness evidence is the key to success. So if you're unlucky enough to be on the receiving end of a claim, you must ensure that everything is covered in a comprehensive statemen... Read more
23 Aug 2011
Letter withdrawing offer of appointmentUse our letter to withdraw a job offer because of business reasons unconnected to the candidate. If the job offer has already been accepted, there's a valid employment contract in place and a withdrawal with imme... Read more
02 Dec 2016
Long service awards policyOur long service awards policy enables you to reward your staff for their loyalty and experience. Extra annual leave is always a popular reward amongst employees. However, you will need to show that your business needs justi... Read more
09 Dec 2015
Return from maternity leave letterAll pregnant employees have the right to take up to 26 weeks' ordinary maternity leave and up to a further 26 weeks' additional maternity leave and to resume work afterwards. An employee who decides to return at the en... Read more
27 Dec 2023
Severe disruption policyOur severe disruption policy will help you set out your position when an employee is unable to attend work, or is late, as a result of genuinely extreme weather conditions or disruptions to public transport or road networks, s... Read more
13 Jan 2022
Letter for workers already in a qualifying pension schemeWhere you already have a qualifying workplace pension scheme in place for your workers and they are active members of that scheme, other than writing to them using our letter, there is no actio... Read more
03 Apr 2020
Recruitment policyIt's important that managers have guidelines when it comes to recruitment, so that they know the relevant procedure to be followed. Our recruitment policy also serves as a useful reminder to managers of their equal opportunities obli... Read more
07 Jul 2023
Eligible jobholders' automatic enrolment letterThe Pensions Acts 2008 and 2011 require every employer to automatically enrol their workers into a qualifying workplace pension scheme, if they are not already in one, and to mandatorily contribute to tha... Read more
03 Apr 2020
Sunday trading statutory rights statementThere are specific statutory provisions in place relating to shop workers and Sunday trading. Use our Sunday trading statutory rights statement to ensure you comply with the law.Opting out statementYou are req... Read more
11 Sep 2023
Training costs agreementIf you invest in external training for staff and are worried they might leave as soon as they've obtained their certificate, qualification or whatever, consider asking your employees to sign a training costs agreement. But do n... Read more
09 Oct 2020