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Human Resource and employment law

Human resource and employment law

Chamber membership includes access to ChamberHR, an employment law and human resource benefit which includes:

Telephone advice - available when you want (24/7), and

An online reference manual with hundreds of downloadable documents

All visitors have free unlimited access to the reference manual within the employment law and health & safety sections of the site and some documents.  In addition to the free content the site also has a bank of hundreds of downloadable documents.  If you are a member of a subscribing Chamber you will have received your login details with your Chamber membership.  Once logged in you can access these documents as often as you require.

The following quick links are to help you get started:

As a subscribing Chamber member you will also have access to a telephone advice line.  All documents are designed to be used in conjunction with the advice line.

There is a 'My Account' area where you can store the documents you use, video content explaining key HR processes and a document building facility.

Furthermore members can benefit from:

An online HR health check plus latest news and  legislation changes ... and more ...

Latest News

  • Qdos makes Safety & Health Expo debut

    Thursday, May 09, 2013
    Health and safety consultancy Qdos is making its debut appearance at next week’s Safety & Health Expo [May 14-16 2013] at Birmingham’s NEC. Read more...
  • Are You An Umbrella?

    Tuesday, April 16, 2013
    HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have recently stated that they want a compliant marketplace and in achieving this they seem pretty determined to identify non-compliant companies and non-compliant practices in the umbrella industry. Read more...
  • The Consequences of Flouting Health & Safety - A coalition scandal

    Monday, April 15, 2013
    Health and safety regulation in the UK only began to develop and be implemented towards the end of the industrial revolution – would it have saved the 73 lives lost in London if it had been brought in before January 1917? Read more...
  • Target – “Unsafe Practices in Construction”

    Monday, April 15, 2013
    The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is to carry out a national refurbishment inspection initiative to run from 18 February to 15 March. Read more...
  • Wheel of Fortune

    Friday, April 05, 2013
    The Government is now proposing a new system of shared parental leave to allow parents to choose how they share the care of their child in the first year after birth and this is expected to be introduced in 2015. Read more...
  • Stress Relief can be Stressful

    Friday, April 05, 2013
    Generally speaking, dismissing employees before they return from holiday is never a good idea. Dismissing employees who are absent ill/off work with stress and whilst they are on holiday is an even worse idea. Decisions in Employment Tribunal cases make it clear that employers should: Read more...
  • Punctuation Street

    Friday, April 05, 2013
    The selection for redundancy of the apostrophe may be reversed and has given us the ideal opportunity to remind everyone of the employers/employer’s* responsibilities on this subject. Read more...
  • How to Retire Gracefully

    Friday, April 05, 2013
    The “Default Retirement Age (previously 65 years of age) has been phased out and most people can now work for as long as they wish. Read more...
    

Free Downloads

Personnel records Word PDF
Ensuring disciplinary action is fair Word PDF
Absence - Return to Work Discussion Word PDF
Redundancy - General oveview Word PDF
Holding a grievance meeting Word PDF
TUPE Word PDF
The Statement of Fitness for Work Word PDF
Holding a disciplinary meeting Word PDF

Discipline

Guidance Document - Disciplinary Meeting Oveview Word PDF

Redundancy

Guidance Document - Redundancy General Overview Word PDF

Varying terms and conditions

Guidance Document - Variations to Contract Overview Word PDF