Flexible working

New and updated

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Part-time worker's remuneration contract clause

  Updated to include new rates of the national minimum wage, effective from 1 April 2020.

• Date:

  14 March 2019

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  BNY Mellon's flexible working policy review: what can HR learn?

  Last week US bank BNY Mellon informed its employees it was reversing its policy on allowing them to work from home. But what are the implications if HR decides to scrap an existing policy, and how should they go about it? Andrea London explains.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Career breaks contract clause

  A model contract clause to allow employees to take career breaks.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter agreeing to employee's request for career break

  A model HR letter to send to an employee when a career break has been agreed.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter declining employee's request for career break

  A model HR letter to inform an employee that their application for a career break has been rejected.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter declining employee's request for sabbatical

  Revised to reflect current practice around sabbaticals, including further examples of why an employer might decline an employee's request for a sabbatical.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Sabbatical leave contract clause

  Revised to reflect current practice around sabbaticals, including examples of how long they might last and the differences between sabbaticals and career breaks.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Sabbatical leave policy

  Revised to reflect current practice around sabbaticals, including examples of how long they might last and the differences between sabbaticals and career breaks.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Career breaks policy

  Revised to reflect current practice around career breaks, including examples of how long they might last and the differences between career breaks and sabbaticals.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter agreeing to employee's request for sabbatical

  Revised to reflect current practice around sabbaticals, including further details on the terms of employment during sabbaticals, keeping in contact, and the return to work.