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Advisory handbook - The A-Z of work

Booklet summary

This handbook provides a brief introduction to important employee relations topics. It gives basic information on a number of subjects and where appropriate gives references to further sources of guidance.

It is primarily for organisations without specialist personnel expertise.

Topics covered in the booklet:

• Absence
• Appraisal schemes
• Change of employer
• Collective bargaining
• Communications
• Contracts of employment and rights on termination
• Disciplinary procedures
• Employee involvement
• Equal opportunities
• Flexible working practices
• Grievance procedures
• Handbooks
• Harmonisation
• Health and safety
• Holidays and time off
• Hours of work
• Human resource planning
• Job design
• Job sharing
• Employee turnover
• Management of change
• Pay and grading
• Pensions
• Personnel records
• Recruitment, selection and induction
• Redundancy and lay-offs
• Relocation
• Supervision
• Training and development
• Written statements
• Notes
• Acas publications
• Acas training.

The booklet is available to download from the 'Download PDF' link below. Alternatively, hard copies are available to order from our publications section of the site.

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