Time off work

New and updated

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  Letters and forms

  Form to record that employee is taking parental bereavement leave

  A model form to allow a line manager or HR professional to record that an employee has provided notice that they are taking parental bereavement leave.

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  Policies and procedures

  Time off for public duties policy

  A model policy setting out the rights of employees to statutory time off work to enable them to carry out public duties.

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  Letters and forms

  Letter confirming employee's time off for public duties

  A model letter to confirm to an employee that they have been granted time off work for public duties.

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  Quick reference

  Statutory rights to time off work

  Updated to reflect that the Time Off for Public Duties Order 2018, which is in force from 1 October 2018, extends the right to unpaid time off work to perform public duties to certain groups of volunteers in the criminal justice system.

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  Quick reference

  Time off for public duties

  Updated to reflect that the Time Off for Public Duties Order 2018 is in force from 1 October 2018, extending the right to unpaid time off work to four groups of volunteers in the criminal justice system.

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  Contract clauses

  Compassionate leave contract clause

  A model contract clause to set out terms relating to compassionate leave.

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  Letters and forms

  Letter turning down or modifying employee's request for compassionate leave

  A model letter turning down or modifying an employee's request for compassionate leave.

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  Letters and forms

  Request for statutory time off form

  A model request for statutory time off form.

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  Policies and procedures

  Time off for surgery policy

  Use this model policy to set your organisation's approach to time off work for planned, unplanned and cosmetic surgery.

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  Letters and forms

  Absence record form

  A model form to create a comprehensive record of the reasons for an individual's absences.