| Flexible working policy (short-form) A short-form flexible working policy suitable for a small or medium-sized business, explaining the statutory procedure for eligible employees with caring responsibilities to request changes to their working arrangments. It can also be extended to those who are ineligible for the statutory scheme, if desired. For a more detailed policy, which also includes an optional informal procedure, see Standard document, Flexible working policy (long-form). |
| Hairdresser's chair rental agreement A licence permitting non-exclusive occupation of a hairdresser's chair. This document contains integrated drafting notes in the web view, which provide brief warnings, explanations and directions to assist with drafting and negotiation. The integrated drafting notes also link to practice notes and other relevant materials. You may view or print the integrated drafting notes separately or integrated with the standard document. Please see "Actions" in the top right hand corner of the screen. See Standard clauses and drafting notes for clauses that can be used to adapt this document. |
| Letter of secondment A letter seconding an employee to work for another organisation or elsewhere in the employer's organisation. Where there is an external secondment, the employer is likely to want to enter into a secondment agreement with the host organisation, such as Standard document, Secondment agreement. 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. |
| Flexible working request (05): rejection letter Letter from an employer informing an employee that it is unable to accomodate their flexible working request. This is part of a series of letters. |
| Flexible working request (09): request for an extension of time Letter from an employer requesting an extension of time in respect of any of the following: to arrange a meeting to discuss a request for flexible working, to notify the employee of its decision regarding their request, to arrange a meeting to discuss the employee's appeal or to notify the employee of its decision regarding their appeal. This is part of a series of letters. |
| Apprenticeship agreement An employment contract designed for an apprentice which complies with the conditions for apprenticeship agreements in the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 and the Apprenticeship (Form of Apprenticeship Agreement) Regulations 2012 (SI 2012/844). |
| Flexible working policy A policy explaining employees' rights to make flexible working requests, whether under the statutory scheme or the employer's informal procedure. Employers can use this policy to deal with any application to vary the number and/or pattern of working hours (for example, a request to work flexi time) and for altered methods of working (for example, job sharing). 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. |
| Flexible working request (06): appeal letter Letter from an employee appealing under either their employer's flexible working policy or the statutory right to request flexible working against the employer's decision to refuse their request for flexible working. This is part of a series of letters. |
| Terms and conditions for the supply of services from an employment business to an end-user client An agreement between a client and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers, drafted from the perspective of the client. |
| Volunteer agreement A letter agreement setting out the non-contractual arrangements between an organisation and an individual volunteering their services. |
| Secondment agreement An agreement between an employer and a third party organisation (the host) for the secondment of an employee. 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. |
| Flexible working request (03): notice of withdrawal of application Letter from an employee notifying their employer that they are withdrawing a request to work flexibly. This is part of a series of letters. |
| Flexible working request (02): employer's acknowledgment of application/invitation to meeting Letter from the employer acknowledging an employee's request to work a flexible working pattern (under either the employer's flexible working procedure or the statutory right to request flexible working) and making arrangments for a meeting. This is part of a series of letters. |
| Flexible working request (08): rejection of appeal Letter from an employer rejecting an employee's appeal against a refusal to grant a flexible working request. This is part of a series of letters. |
| Flexible working request (04): acceptance letter and variation of contract Letter from an employer agreeing to a request for flexible working or offering an alternative working pattern. This is part of a series of letters. |
| Homeworking policy A policy setting out an employer's approach to staff working at home on an occasional or regular basis. |
| Flexible working request (07): acceptance of appeal Letter from an employer allowing an employee's appeal against a refusal to grant a flexible working request. This is part of a series of letters. |
| Zero hours contract for casual worker A standard contract for a casual worker where there will be no guarantee that the employer will offer any work, but the worker is expected to accept any work offered. The intention is that the individual will be a worker, rather than an employee or self-employed contractor. If the parties want the individual to be an employee, see Standard clauses, Casual employee clauses, which are designed to be included in an employment contract such as Standard document, Employment contract for a junior employee. This standard document contains guidance notes (integrated drafting notes) within the text, drawing attention to specific issues. You can elect to view the standard document with, or without, the integrated notes by using the options in the "Actions" box in the top right corner of the screen. |
| Internship agreement A letter agreement setting out the non-contractual arrangements for work experience or an internship. |
| Career break policy A policy on the availability of and basis on which an employer will accept requests for career breaks.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. |
| Terms of engagement for temporary workers A contract for services between a temporary agency worker and an employment business in relation to which the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/93) apply. The standard terms are drafted from the employment business's perspective. 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. |
| Flexible working request (01): application letter A letter from an employee applying to work a flexible working pattern under either the employer's flexible working procedure or the statutory right to request flexible working. This is part of a series of letters. |