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Managing employees/workers

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  • Type:
    Contract clauses

    Sabbatical leave contract clause

    Revised to reflect current practice around sabbaticals, including examples of how long they might last and the differences between sabbaticals and career breaks.

  • Type:
    Policies and procedures

    Sabbatical leave policy

    Revised to reflect current practice around sabbaticals, including examples of how long they might last and the differences between sabbaticals and career breaks.

  • Type:
    Policies and procedures

    Career breaks policy

    Revised to reflect current practice around career breaks, including examples of how long they might last and the differences between career breaks and sabbaticals.

  • Type:
    Letters and forms

    Letter agreeing to employee's request for sabbatical

    Revised to reflect current practice around sabbaticals, including further details on the terms of employment during sabbaticals, keeping in contact, and the return to work.

  • Type:
    Letters and forms

    Letter declining employee's request for sabbatical

    Revised to reflect current practice around sabbaticals, including further examples of why an employer might decline an employee's request for a sabbatical.

  • Type:
    Contract clauses

    Career breaks contract clause

    A model contract clause to set out terms relating to career breaks.

  • Type:
    Letters and forms

    Letter agreeing to employee's request for career break

    A model letter to send to an employee when a career break has been agreed.

  • Type:
    Letters and forms

    Letter declining employee's request for career break

    A model letter to inform an employee that their application for a career break has been rejected.

  • Date:
    11 February 2019
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    How will the "Good work plan" affect local government employers covered by the modification order?

    The Government has announced plans to change the way breaks in employment are treated, which could have a greater impact for local government than for employers in the private sector, due to the operation of the modification order.

  • Type:
    Training

    Making a job offer - line manager training

    Line manager training resource providing a summary of the law and good practice in relation to making job offers, including guidance on making conditional offers, criminal record checks, employing foreign nationals, medical examinations and terms and conditions of employment.

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HR and legal information and guidance relating to managing employees/workers.