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Absence management policy example
By Design Business Association
This example can help you set out your agency’s stance and procedures in regards to absence.
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Grievance policy and procedures
By Design Business Association
This example procedure is designed to help you encourage all employees to achieve and maintain expected standards of conduct, attendance and job performance and to encourage employees with grievances relating to their employment to seek satisfactory solutions.
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Disciplinary policy and procedures
By Design Business Association
This example procedure is designed to help you encourage all employees to achieve and maintain expected standards of conduct, attendance and job performance and to encourage employees with grievances relating to their employment to seek satisfactory solutions.
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Disciplinary and grievance procedures
By Design Business Association
Employers and employees should follow the regime set out in the ACAS code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures – this guide takes you through all the detail.
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Capability and poor performance policy – example
By Design Business Association
You need your employees to maintain high standards of performance in their roles – where performance falls below the expected standards you can use this review procedure to give staff the opportunity to improve.
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Welcome to the world of work…
By Become, creative recruitment agency
A handy article on how to get new graduates quickly and effectively settled into your agency so they rapidly become a proactive and productive member of your team.
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Probationary period: induction checklist
By Design Business Association
A full list of everything you should run through with a new employee.
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Guide to working with freelancers
By Design Business Association
The use of freelancers offers many benefits, but doesn't come without risks. This guide will help you make sure you're getting the very best from the relationship and protecting your agency from costly repercussions.
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Minimum working week opt out letter under working time regulations
By Design Business Association
This is an agreement in the form of a letter for an employee to opt out of the Working Time Regulation, which limit the working week to 48 hours.
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Leave policy
By Design Business Association
The purpose of this policy is to set out the requirements relating to staff leave entitlements during holidays, bank holidays, office closure and other relevant instances.