Time off work

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  Employment law cases

  Unfair dismissal: £13,081 award for mother who left office to collect sick child

  In Henderson v AccountsNet Ltd, the employment tribunal awarded £13,081 to a trainee accountant who was found to have been unfairly dismissed after she left the office to collect her ill child from school.

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  How to

  How to deal with time off for trade union representatives

  Practical guidance on dealing with time off for trade union representatives, including guidance on the right to time off for trade union members for union activities.

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  Letters and forms

  Form for employee to provide notice and evidence of entitlement to parental bereavement pay

  A model form to allow an employee to provide notice and evidence of entitlement to statutory parental bereavement pay.

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  Letters and forms

  Letter to employee confirming that they are taking parental bereavement leave

  A model letter to follow up an employee's notice that they are taking parental bereavement leave.

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  Policies and procedures

  Parental bereavement leave policy

  A model policy to set out employees' entitlement to parental bereavement leave and pay.

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  Letters and forms

  Letter explaining parental bereavement leave to managers

  A model letter to explain to managers the right to parental bereavement leave.

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  Interactive flowcharts

  Jury service: Deal with the situation where an employee is summoned for jury service

  Use this jury service flowchart to deal with the legal and practical issues that arise when one of your employees is summoned to attend jury service.

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  Letters and forms

  Letter agreeing to employee's request for compassionate leave

  A model letter agreeing to an employee's request for compassionate leave.

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  Letters and forms

  Letter agreeing to employee's request for bereavement leave

  A model letter agreeing to an employee's request for bereavement leave.

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  Letters and forms

  Letter to employee to ask them to apply to be excused from jury service

  A model letter to an employee to ask them to apply to be excused from jury service.