Our line manager service provides clear, simply written briefings on employment law and good practice specially designed for line managers.

Line manager briefings

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Our line manager service provides clear, simply written briefings on employment law and good practice specially designed for line managers.

Our line manager briefings do not assume any previous knowledge of the law or principles of human resource management and they are written in plain English, avoiding legal jargon and technical language.

Full of practical examples and top tips, and complete with 'test yourself' questions, they are a perfect training tool to ensure line managers deal with job applicants and manage workers in accordance with the law and good practice.

We will be adding new briefings on a range of topics and welcome your feedback along with suggestions for further briefings. Please email the editorial team.

Appearance and behaviour
Managing personal relationships at work

Capability
Managing poor performance due to lack of capability
Download the capability PowerPoint presentation for training purposes

Communication
Giving and receiving feedback
Download the feedback PowerPoint presentation for training purposes
Handling difficult conversations
Motivation

Discipline and grievance
Conducting an investigation
Employee misconduct
Download the misconduct PowerPoint presentation for training purposes
Handling grievances
Download the grievances PowerPoint presentation for training purposes
Timekeeping

Equal opportunities
Age discrimination
Download the age discrimination PowerPoint presentation for training purposes
Bullying and harassment
Disability discrimination

Flexible working
Handling requests for flexible working
Homeworking
Managing a remote sales team
Managing job-sharers
Part-time workers

Health and safety
Stress
Download the stress PowerPoint presentation for training purposes

Holiday and holiday pay
Annual leave

Parental rights
Basic maternity rights
Download the basic maternity rights PowerPoint presentation for training purposes
Maternity rights that apply in specific situations
Download the maternity rights that apply in specific situations PowerPoint presentation for training purposes
Parental leave
Paternity rights

Performance appraisal
Conducting effective appraisals

Probation
Effective management of probationary periods

Protecting the business
Whistleblowing

Recruitment
Advertising
Agency temps
Induction
Interviewing
Providing and requesting references

Sickness and sick pay
Long-term sickness absence
Download the long-term sickness absence PowerPoint presentation for training purposes
Short-term sickness absence
Download the short-term sickness absence PowerPoint presentation for training purposes

Termination of employment
Line manager briefing on collective redundancies
Download the collective redundancies PowerPoint presentation for training purposes
Line manager briefing on individual redundancies
Download the individual redundancies PowerPoint presentation for training purposes
Line manager briefing on resignations
Download the resignations PowerPoint presentation for training purposes
Line manager briefing on retirement

Time off work
Time off for dependants
Download the time off for dependants PowerPoint presentation for training purposes