Managing employees/workers
Revised to reflect current practice around career breaks, including examples of how long they might last and the differences between career breaks and sabbaticals.
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.
Revised to reflect current practice around sabbaticals, including further examples of why an employer might decline an employee's request for a sabbatical.
A model contract clause to set out terms relating to career breaks.
A model letter to send to an employee when a career break has been agreed.
A model letter to inform an employee that their application for a career break has been rejected.
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.
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.
In Ibrahim v HCA International Ltd, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that the worker's complaint that false rumours had been spread about him is an allegation of defamation and a disclosure of information that tends to show a breach of a legal obligation under the whistleblowing provisions.
HR and legal information and guidance relating to managing employees/workers.