Managing employees/workers
A model form to create a comprehensive record of the reasons for an individual's absences.
A model request for statutory time off form.
Practical guidance on dealing with an employee who is undergoing IVF treatment, including protection from discrimination during fertility treatment and time off for antenatal care.
In Santos Gomes v Higher Level Care Ltd, the Court of Appeal held that compensation for injury to feelings is not available in a claim under the Working Time Regulations 1998 (SI 1998/1833) for a failure to provide 20-minute rest breaks..
A model form for an employee to withdraw a statutory flexible working request.
In The Sash Window Workshop Ltd and another v King [2018] IRLR 142 ECJ, the ECJ held that the right to paid annual leave of a "worker" who was treated as a self-employed, commission-only salesman could accumulate over an unlimited period, and that the worker was entitled to claim the accrued holiday pay on termination.
A model whistleblowing policy, which sets out how a worker can raise a whistleblowing concern and the protection and support that is available to them.
A model form to give a worker a formal means to make a disclosure.
A model letter to respond to a worker who has made a protected disclosure.
In Kocur v Angard Staffing Solutions Ltd and another, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that a failure to provide an agency worker with the same annual leave entitlement and paid rest breaks as those enjoyed by permanent employees could not be offset by a higher rate of pay.
HR and legal information and guidance relating to managing employees/workers.