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Employment Policies – Make them work for you rather than against you

Posted in : Essential Guide to Employment Contracts on 27 November 2018
Kiera Lee
Mills Selig
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You might often hear the phrase “a contract of employment is only as good as its policies”. It’s true. Policies are advantageous to both employers and to their employees. For employers it allows them to set out the standards expected of employees, the process when an employee falls below those standards and any other workplace customs which the employer has adopted and wants to retain. For employees, the policies inform them how they can raise a grievance, what the sickness reporting policy is, whether they are entitled to receive company sick pay, and a range of other information depending on the extent of the policies.

Case law has confirmed that it is not sufficient for an employer to

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This article is correct at 27/11/2018
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The information in this article is provided as part of Legal-Island's Employment Law Hub. We regret we are not able to respond to requests for specific legal or HR queries and recommend that professional advice is obtained before relying on information supplied anywhere within this article.

Kiera Lee
Mills Selig

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