Time off work

New and updated

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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.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Absence record form

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

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  Policies and procedures

  Time off for medical and dental appointments policy

  A model policy to set out your organisation's approach to time off work to attend medical and dental appointments.

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  Survey analysis

  Bereavement leave survey 2018

  XpertHR research looks at employers' bereavement leave arrangements and how they support bereaved employees.

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  Policies and procedures

  Time off for trade union learning representatives policy

  Updated to take into account the new duty on public-sector employers to publish trade union facility time, effective from 1 April 2017.

• Type:

  Policies and procedures

  Time off for health and safety representatives policy

  Updated to take into account the new duty on public-sector employers to publish trade union facility time, effective from 1 April 2017.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Chris Cook is a partner and Keely Rushmore is a senior associate at SA Law. They round up the latest rulings.