We can provide completely bespoke Staff Handbooks and Contracts of Employment for your organisation from scratch, or we can review your existing documents and make recommendations to ensure that you remain legally compliant.

If you're looking for a low-cost contract and handbook template that covers the basic ACAS recommended clauses and keeps you legally compliant then our Essential Contract & Handbook templates may be an appropriate solution. Contracts and handbooks should be reviewed on a regular basis to reflect changes in Employment Law. 

Apart from the legal requirements, robust Employment Contracts and Staff Handbooks are crucial tools for managing staff effectively. Employees know what is expected of them and you will have clearly defined rules and policies to refer to. This helps to ensure fairness and consistency in how your staff are managed and in supporting disciplinary events and management decisions.

Failure to issue a written contract prevents you from specifying rules or conditions to which your employees must adhere whilst they work for you. In the event of a dispute or grievance you will only have statutory law, case law or custom and practice to hold employees to account.

We recommend that contracts of Employment and Staff Handbooks are reviewed and updated regularly to minimize exposure to risks from changes in Employment Law. A good example of this is the abolition of the Default Retirement Age. Any clauses relating to a specific retirement age should be removed from Staff Handbooks as they are at best unenforceable, and at worst age discriminatory.

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