Standard documents
This is a list of all standard documents published by PLC. All standard documents have links to related drafting notes and are regularly updated by PLC editors.
For information on converting PLC standard documents into your firm's style, see PLC Firmstyle (www.practicallaw.com/A30700).
| Advice to an employee facing a capability procedure: poor performance Advice to an employee client who is facing a capability procedure at work due to poor performance. The advice outlines the typical steps in a capability procedure and the requirements of the Acas Code of Practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures. |
| Sickness absence policy A procedure for managing sickness absence and its effects in the workplace. Integrated drafting notes. This document has integrated drafting notes embedded within the text. Click on a heading to read the note. See the Actions box on the right for additional viewing options. |
| Employer's doctor (2): consent form for employee A consent form designed for an employee to complete following a request that they attend an examination with an employer's doctor. The form also seeks the employee's consent to the employer approaching the employee's GP or consultant for a medical report and/or medical records. The form may be adapted if the employee's GP or consultant is not being approached for a medical report and/or records. |
| Employee's GP or consultant (3): letter of instruction A letter to send to an employee's GP or consultant requesting a medical report. |
| Employee's GP or consultant (1): letter to employee A letter to be used by an employer seeking an employee's consent to apply to their GP or consultant for a medical report. |
| Employer's doctor (3): letter of instruction A letter to send to a company doctor or specialist requesting a medical report on an employee. The list of relevant questions should also be sent. |
| List of questions for GP or company doctor to consider when preparing medical report A list of questions to send to an employee's GP or a company doctor when requesting a medical report. It can be used with Standard documents: Employee's GP or consultant: letter of instruction. Employer's doctor (3): letter of instruction. |
| No-smoking policy A policy setting out an employer's approach to smoking in the workplace to comply with Part 1 of Chapter 1 of the Health Act 2006 and associated regulations. For further information, see Practice note, Smoke-free workplaces: implications for employers. |
| ET3 for unfair dismissal: capability (ill health) A sample ET3 showing how, typically, a defence will be drafted to a claim for capability (ill health) unfair dismissal. |
| ET1 for unfair dismissal: capability (ill health) Sample wording to be attached to a claimant's ET1 claim form, showing how, typically, a claim for unfair dismissal will be drafted when an employee has been dismissed by reason of capability due to ill health. |
| Access to Medical Reports Act 1988: summary of employee's rights A note summarising an employee's rights under the Access to Medical Reports Act 1988. It is designed to be sent to an employee under cover of a letter requesting their consent to the employer applying to the employee's GP or consultant for a medical report. It should also be used where the employer's doctor is providing a report on the employee and, as part of the process, wishes to obtain a report from the employee's GP or consultant. |
| Employer's doctor (1): letter to employee A letter to an employee requesting that they attend an appointment with an employer's doctor (or a specialist). While this would usually fall outside the scope of the Access to Medical Reports Act 1988 (AMRA), it falls within AMRA where the doctor applies to the employee's GP or consultant for a medical report. We assume, for the purposes of this letter, that the employer's doctor may want to do so. However, the letter can be adapted as appropriate. |
| Stress policy A policy covering the steps an employer should take to prevent and combat stress in the workplace.Integrated drafting notes. This document has integrated drafting notes embedded within the text. Click on a heading to read the note. See the Actions box on the right for additional viewing options. |
| Employee's GP or consultant (2): consent form A consent form to enable an employer to apply to an employee's GP or consultant for a medical report under the Access to Medical Reports Act 1988. |
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