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Health & Safety at work – HSE guide
By Design Business Association
If you think health and safety has to be complicated – it doesn’t. This document is adapted from HSE guidance, and provides the top line details you need for compliance, along with sign posting for more in-depth information.
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Statutory sick pay – guidance notes
By Design Business Association
A handy guide to statutory sick pay for employees.
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Managing the probationary period guide
By Design Business Association
This step-by-step guide offers practical guidance to managing a successful probationary process and helping you deal with more difficult issues of underperformance.
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Probationary period: Objective setting form
By Design Business Association
Handy template to help you set objectives for the induction/probationary period.
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Probationary period procedure
By Design Business Association
This sample will help you set and follow an effective probationary period procedure.
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Why have an employee handbook?
By Design Business Association
Although there is no legal requirement for an employee handbook, there are many benefits of having one. This guide outlines why it’s useful, what should be included, and an example for you to reference in developing your own.
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Code of conduct
By Design Business Association
An example code of conduct for staff, to help you set standards and create a positive working environment.
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Dignity at work policy
By Design Business Association
As an employer you have a responsibility to secure the dignity of your staff whilst at work and this policy example sets out definitions of behaviours that are unacceptable and procedures for dealing with them.
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Social media policy example
By Design Business Association
Activity on social media websites can cause issues in the workplace – this example will help you put in place a policy to either limit its use or for open access and explains how to enforce this.
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Email, internet and IT policy example
By Design Business Association
You can use this model policy to outline your business’ stance on the personal use of email and the Internet at work, whether be it a liberal stance or not.
