If a line manager fails to prepare properly for an appraisal interview, the employee being interviewed will quickly sense and resent this. This guide provides the essential do’ and don’ts for the line manager.

This form should be completed when an employee has requested a salary sacrifice and this has been agreed by the employer.

This form should be completed by an employee to sinify their consent to a deduction from theior wages. A deduction can be made with an employee’s agreement and therefore it is important to have consent on file prior to a deduction being made.

This form can be used by expectant fathers to request time off for ante-natal appointments. The time off is capped at a once off right to 2 classes immediately prior to the birth.

This form can be used to request paternity leave in the case of chidbirth.

This form can be used to request paternity leave in the case of adoption.

This form can record the balance left on an employee’s parental leave record.

This form can be used to request parental leave and requests key information such as dates and duration of the parental leave request.

This form can be used to request parents leave.

This form should be completed by an employee who has excessively used their company mobile phone for personal use. This form when completed and signed by the employee will permit the employer to deduct the excess costs from the employee’s wages.

This form can be given to any employee who has been provided with a company phone. This form should be completed by the employee to confirm that they have received the mobile phone.

This form should be completed by an employee to signify if they are willing or not to partake in mediation.

This form can be used to send to an independent mediator when mediation has been agreed. This form proves details on the participants and the information available.

This form should be submitted by an employee who had requested for maternity leave to begin on some date, but whose child has been born prior to this date, in order for them to request that their maternity leave/pay commence on the day after childbirth.

This form should be completed by a competent person to risk assess new mothers and pregnant employees.

This risk assessment form should be completed by the organisations risk assessment manager, in order to establish any aspects of the workplace that could be hazardous to a pregnant employee. The form is a questionnaire, with space to detail actions that the employer should take to mitigate the risk identified

This form should be filled out by employees that intend to take maternity leave, confirming expected dates of birth/date that maternity is due to start, as well as whether they qualify for statutory or enhanced maternity pay

This form should be completed by all new starters and a copy should be retained securely on their personnel file.

This form can be used when an organisation has implemented a ‘buddy system’ for new employees. This form should be completed by the buddy and will serve to provide guidance to the buddy on the areas they will cover with the new employee.

This form can be used by new employees to confirm that they have received all necessary information relating to their induction. Once signed the checklist should be stored in the employee’s personnel file.

This form can be used to develop an induction programme for a new recruit. This form will provide clarity to the new recruit on what they will be inducted on, when they will be inducted and who will provide the training

This checklist should be rviewed by a line manager when dealing with a request for home working.

This form can be used to risk assess a home working workstation. This form should be reviewed by a competent assessor.

This form should be completed by any employee who wishes to request that annual leave be carried forward if the organisation permits leave to be carried forward. The form includes the reason for the carry over and the amount of leave to be carried over.

This form can be completed by an employee who wishes to request annual leave. The form outlines the dates requested and the amount of leave available.

This form should be available to all employees, and should be used in the instance where an employee wishes to appeal against the outcome of their grievance. This form should include their grounds for appeal

This form provides a template witness statement, which should be filled in with information garnered during a meeting with named witnesses

This form provides guidance to the practice of investigations and is designed to help Investigation Officers and anyone else delegated to investigate a grievance raised by an employee. This form includes all major steps involved in an investigation

This form should be used internally, and is for the purpose of keeping track of what steps of the grievance investigation have been completed and which stages are yet to be completed, including which parties are yet to be met with

This form should be available to all employees, and should be used in the instance where an employee would like to retract a grievance that they had previously submitted