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Christmas in the Workplace: Our Guide fo...
Most employees look forward to taking a well-earned break over the Christmas period. But staff holid...
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Adverse Weather Policy
As we enter into the winter season, it is important to prepare for the worst. The nights are getting...
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Redundancy: The Complete Guide Part 1
Sometimes, an employer may need to reduce the size of their workforce. One method they might conside...
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Supporting employees with Epilepsy at wo...
Epilepsy is a common condition that affects the brain and causes frequent seizures. Seizures are bu...
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Return to Work Interview Form
Inevitably, members of staff will have time off sick. This can vary over periods of time, which can ...
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Fire Door Checklist
Today marks the start of fire door safety week, highlighting the crucial role a fire door can play i...
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The Complete Guide to COSHH for Employer...
As an employer, you have a legal obligation to protect the health and well-being of your employees. ...
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The Complete Probation Guide for Employe...
A probation period is a staple of most employment contracts in the UK. They are usually tied to cert...
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Sickness Absence Policy & Procedure
Managing sickness absence across your workforce is a difficult and time-consuming task. It's also an...
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Apprenticeship Guide
Apprenticeships are a brilliant way of bringing new skills and talent to your business. Through this...
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What is Self-Certification Sickness?
Unfortunately, when sickness absence occurs, there’s always a question of legitimacy. But you have t...
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Menopause in the Workplace – An HR Guide
15.52 million women aged 16+ were in employment at the end of last year in the UK. Meanwhile, the em...
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Redundancy Notice Letter Template
No employer enjoys making redundancies, but when you do make them, it’s important you get the proces...
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Driver Risk Assessment
As an employer, your workforce may include drivers. That may be drivers of cars, large goods vehicle...
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Reducing workplace stress
Reducing work-related stress is difficult to achieve, as not everyone experiences stress in the same...
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Employee Code of Conduct
Dealing with conduct is part and parcel of managing a workforce. Whether you own a small business or...
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Employers' Guide to TUPE
There are many reasons why an employer may want to sell their business. Maybe they're retiring early...
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Change of Employment Contract - Sample L...
Ensure compliance when changing your employees’ employment terms & conditions with this change o...
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Social Media Policy Template
An increasing number of customers find products and services on social media today. They also check ...
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Exit Interview Templates in the UK
Jump to Download Nobody will work for you forever. Inevitably, team members will move on from your ...
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Essential health and safety signs for an...
We've all been to a workplace or premises and spotted at least one of the essential health and safet...
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Termination of Employment Contract Lette...
Although a natural part of employment, the proper process for terminating an employee’s contract is ...
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Letter of Concern Template
When a conduct or performance issue occurs, you shouldn’t wait around to watch it develop into somet...
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At Risk of Redundancy Letter Template UK
No matter how long you've been a business owner, redundancy is still extremely tough. Not only is it...
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Manual Handling: Risk Assessment Templat...
A manual handling task is one that involves any element of lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling, supp...
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Employment Contract Template Sample
You found the employees you need to fill those vacant roles in your company. This is both an excitin...
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Disciplinary Letter Template
As a business, you rely on your employees to do their part for the good of your organisation. But i...
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Sample Risk Assessment Template
As an employer, it's your responsibility to ensure that your employees are safe while they are at wo...
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Health Surveillance for Occupational Ast...
As an employer, it's your legal duty to ensure that your employees and anyone visiting your premises...
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Manual Handling Training: What You Need ...
Training your employees to complete manual handling tasks correctly is essential. It can be the diff...
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Supporting Mental wellbeing in the Workp...
Our understanding of mental health is constantly evolving. Just like physical health, our mental wel...
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Financial Wellbeing Policy
Croner is committed to supporting our employees with their financial wellbeing. We recognise that wo...
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Sample Dismissal Letter
If an employee is found to have committed gross misconduct, you are within your rights to terminate ...
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Equality & Diversity Policy
You’re committed to equality and diversity—but does your documentation reflect this? To implement r...
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Case Law Update: Paid Holiday Entitlemen...
The Supreme Court has upheld the Court of Appeal's judgement on the Harpur Trust v Brazel case. The...
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Bringing New Employees Into Your Busines...
The growth of any business is reliant on talent acquisition. Once you’ve mastered the HR recruitment...
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Appraisal Form Template
To effectively manage productivity, you need to monitor staff performance. Appraisal forms are a key...
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The National Minimum Wage
The National Minimum Wage (NMW) receives a review every year. There’s no commitment to increase the ...
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Employing Ukraine Nationals - The Full G...
Over the past month we’ve provided guidance on how to employ Ukrainian nationals. Now, we bring you ...
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Gender Reassignment in the Workplace
An employee comes into work one day and let’s you know that they are undergoing surgery to reassign ...
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Accident Book Template
Nobody wants accidents to happen in the workplace. At the same time, we cannot fully eliminate risks...
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Maternity Risk Assessment Template
As an employer, you are responsible for providing a safe working environment for staff. This is part...
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End of Furlough Letter
There is no set format for ending a period of furlough. That doesn’t mean you should approach it cas...
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Method Statement Template
You have a duty of care to your workers; you should always be looking to ensure their safety. This ...
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DSE Risk Assessment
As an employer, you’re responsible for ensuring the health & safety of your staff. Most employer...
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Job Offer Letter Template
Once you decide which person you want to recruit, you complete the process with an employment offer....
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Disciplinary Procedure Policy Template
When a conduct issue occurs, you will need to follow a comprehensive disciplinary procedure. While e...
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Managing Employee Conduct After Lockdown
You manage staff conduct on a daily basis, but in recent years the challenges facing us have drastic...
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Gross Misconduct Dismissal Letter
When an employee commits gross misconduct, an employer can terminate the employee with no notice per...
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Employee Relocation Letter Template
Relocation can occur for many reasons. Whether a location is shutting down, you are restructuring yo...
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Tribunal Claims - 2020
The first year of the pandemic saw a sharp rise in tribunal claims. To ensure employers are fully aw...
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Sample Health & Safety Policy Statement
Click below to download your free sample health & safety policy statement Here we’ve included a...
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Getting Back to Work After Lockdown
Here at Croner, we’ve come up with six simple steps to help you prepare, plan and implement any chan...
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Domestic Abuse - An Employment Law Guide
Domestic abuse includes but is not limited to controlling, coercive, threatening behaviour. It can b...
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Flexible Working Request
Employees these days desire flexible working because of the rise in digital working. So it is natura...
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Work From Home Checklist
As an employer, you have the same health and safety responsibilities for homeworkers as for any othe...
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Sample Letter to Employee Reducing Worki...
From time to time, your business may not have a set amount of work for your employees. If this is th...
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Checklist - Alternatives to Redundancy
As part of the redundancy process you must show that you've considered reasonable alternatives. With...
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Redundancy - An Employment Law Guide
This guide explores the basics of redundancy and offers guidance on how to avoid common pitfalls. R...
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[Checklist] 7 Steps to Becoming COVID-19...
These are a number of issues you’ll need to assess before your staff return to work after lockdown. ...
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Letter Template - Annual Leave During Co...
Managing annual leave during coronavirus is a unique challenge facing employers. The Working Time Re...
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Coronavirus E-Guide for Business Owners
Over the last couple of weeks, Croner’s advice and sales team have received a lot of calls about the...
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Homeworking Policy
Many businesses have some form of hybrid working arrangements in place. That's because employers see...
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The Good Work Plan: Are You Prepared?
The big employment law shadow lurking over 2020 is the Good Work Plan. To ensure you’re prepared for...
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Five HR Workouts
Every organisation wants a strong company culture. One that attracts the best talent and retains it....
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Grievance Policy Guide & Template
When a grievance occurs, a good policy can be the difference between a tribunal and successful resol...
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Bribery Risk Assessment Form
Click below to download your free bribery risk assessment form template. Suppliers, clients, and ev...
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Expert View - Non-Compliant Contract
Click below to download the Expert View companion document Getting you contracts right is different...
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Pay Awards & Forecast (September 2019)
Click below to download Q2's Settlements & Forecasts 2019 Croner Reward has been advising busin...
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Stress Toolkit
Click below to download your stress toolkit Some stress at work is unavoidable. But, if it gets to...
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Pay Awards & Forecast (June 2019)
Click below to download Q1's Settlements & Forecasts 2019 Croner Reward has been advising busin...
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Pay Awards & Forecast (March 2019)
Click below to download Q4's Settlements & Forecasts 2019 Croner Reward has been advising busin...
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Holiday Request Refusal Letter
Click below to download your sample holiday request refusal letter template There are numerous time...
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Dismissal Letter - Laid Off
Click below to download your sample dismissal letter template Sometimes you may be required to lay ...
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Sample Mental Health Policy
Click below to download your sample mental health policy Stress, anxiety, and depression can affect...
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H&S Risks of Sleep in Shifts
Click below to download findings on research into sleep in shifts Research has shown that there can...
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Sample Payslip for Workers
Click below to download your sample payslip for workers From the 6th April 2019, there are new rule...
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How To Guide: Helping Employees with the...
Click below to download your How To Guide The EU Settlement Scheme allows employees who are origina...
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Upcoming Employment Law Changes - 2019/2...
Click below to download our infographic Big legal changes put extra burden on employers. Our advice...
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Response to Request for Maternity Leave
Click below to download your maternity response letter template An employee has just informed you o...
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How to Make Reasonable Adjustments for M...
Click below to download your How To Guide Organisations are under a legal obligation to make ‘reaso...
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Sample Health & Safety Communication and...
Click below to download your sample health & safety policy One of the best ways to ensure you a...
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Sample Data Protection Policy
Click below to download your sample data protection policy template Here we’ve included a free samp...
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Pay Awards & Forecast (September 2018)
Croner Reward has been advising businesses on reward and benefits for over 40 years; providing resea...
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Pay Awards & Forecast (June 2018)
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Pay Awards & Forecast (May 2018)
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Sample Sporting Events Policy
Click below to download your sample sporting events policy The first and most important step in ens...
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A Quick Guide to Accident & Incident Rep...
Click below to download your quick guide to accident & incident reporting Even if you follow th...
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Pay & Awards Forecast (April 2018)
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Pay Awards & Forecast (March 2018)
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Pay Awards & Forecast (February 2018)
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Pay Awards & Forecast (January 2018)
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Changes To Workers Rights: What It Means...
A number of high profile workers' rights cases have begun to set legal precedents in the UK courts. ...
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Gender Pay Gap & Equal Pay: What's the D...
Gender Pay is still dominating the news headlines in recent weeks as there are numerous examples of ...
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Understanding the General Data Protectio...
On May 25 2018, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force, brin...
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Pay Awards & Forecasts (September 2017)
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Pay Awards & Forecasts (August 2017)
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Pay Awards & Forecasts (May 2017)
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Gender Pay: The Facts
In February 2016 the Government held a consultation on closing the gender pay gap, almost eight mont...
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Employment Status Factsheet
In light of the recent rulings surrounding the gig economy, it is proving to be more important than ...
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Pay Protection
Employers have a duty (under Section 20 of the Equality Act 2010) to take such steps that are reason...
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Brexit: What Does it Mean for Business?
Since the UK electorate voted to leave the EU, Croner has been receiving calls from clients concerne...
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Rethinking Rewards: Changing Times for P...
The way in which an organisation rewards employees has seen significant changes and challenges over ...
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Is a Payment for Injury to Feelings Taxa...
In previous Tribunal cases it was decided that section 406 of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions)...
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The National Living Wage Research into S...
The introduction of the National Living Wage (NLW) has without doubt been one of the biggest game ch...
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