Category: Handbooks & Employment Policies

Policies and procedures
Best practice for employers

Unpaid Leave Requests: Guidance for employers

What are your obligations when you receive a request for unpaid leave? In the course of employment, situations may arise where an employee requests time off …

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Employee Resources

Making changes to employment contracts

Can my employer make changes to my employment contract? It is not uncommon for employers to want to change contract terms during the course of employment…

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Confidentiality

What is whistleblowing?

What is the impact of whistleblowing in the employment context? ‘Whistleblowing’ or ‘making a disclosure in the public interest,’ involves an employee raising..

Employee Resources

Update on Employment Rights Bill

The much-anticipated Employment Rights Bill has recently been passed by the House of Commons and has become the Employment Rights Act 2025 and is now before …

Policies and procedures
Best practice for employers

Are verbal warnings a thing of the past?

Dealing with disciplinary or performance issues? Verbal warnings are a common disciplinary tool used by employers in the UK, however their use has not always…

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Best practice for employers

Accommodation provided as part of employment

Service occupancy and employment issues that arise. Any formal disciplinary process or termination of employment can be a very difficult time for an employee..

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Best practice for employers

Understanding Carer’s Leave

Guidance for Managers. As a manager, it is essential to have a clear understanding of the various types of leave that employees are entitled to…