New letters: discipline, grievance, home visits, lay offs, garden leave, jury service

Letters informing an employee who has been laid off or put on short-time working that he or she can return to normal working; requesting a home visit with a sick employee; and reminding a competitor of the contractual obligations of an employee on garden leave are among new additions added to XpertHR. 

• Letter informing an employee that his or her appeal against the outcome of a disciplinary hearing or appeal hearing has been submitted out of time Use this model letter to inform an employee that his or her appeal against the outcome of a disciplinary hearing or appeal hearing has been submitted out of time. 
• Letter informing an employee that his or her appeal against the outcome of a grievance hearing or appeal hearing has been submitted out of time Use this model letter to inform an employee that his or her appeal against outcome of a grievance hearing or appeal hearing has been submitted out of time. 
• Letter inviting a witness to attend a disciplinary hearing Use this model letter to invite a witness to attend a disciplinary hearing. 
• Letter informing an employee who has been laid off or put on short-time working that he or she can return to normal working Use this model letter to inform an employee who has been laid off or put on short-time working that he or she can return to normal working. 
• Letter to a sick employee requesting to visit him or her at home Use this model letter to request to visit an employee on long-term sick leave in his or her home. 
• Letter to an employee confirming return of personal belongings after he or she has resigned or been dismissed Use this model letter to confirm to an employee who has resigned or been dismissed that personal belongings have been returned to him or her. 
• Letter reminding a competitor of the contractual obligations of an employee on garden leave Use this model letter to remind a competitor of the continuing contractual obligations of an employee on garden leave to you. 
• Letter from an employer to support an employee's application to be excused from jury service Use this model letter to write to the court in support of an employee's application to be excused from jury service where the reasons for the application are work related. 

Also

Letter inviting a witness to attend an investigatory meeting Use this model letter to request that an employee attend an investigatory meeting regarding suspected misconduct by another employee. 

Long-term sickness absence policy Use this model policy to set out your approach to long-term sickness absence. 

Letter confirming termination date and final payments to employee who has resigned Use this model letter to confirm a resigning employee's termination date and set out his or her final payments. 

Garden leave contract clause Use this model contract clause when you wish to place an employee on "garden leave" during the notice period following either the employee's resignation or a dismissal with notice.