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Essential HR Documents: Recruiting and Retaining Staff

A Tips & Advice book about...

In a nutshell

Use this book to manage the recruitment process in a productive, legally secure way. It contains a set of downloadable documents that cover a range of processes from recruitment first steps to onboarding new starters, appraisals and training, each one accompanied by an introduction explaining the law and how to get the most from the document. This edition contains over 100 documents including a recruitment policy, written statement of employment particulars, right to work checklist, training costs agreement and more.

You'll find 100+ ready to use documents in this book, including letters, checklists, policies and procedures, split across 14 sections:

  1. Recruitment first steps
  2. Interviews
  3. References and pre-employment enquiries
  4. Right to work
  5. Declining employment
  6. Offer and acceptance of employment
  7. New starters
  8. Probation
  9. Temporary and casual work
  10. Agency workers
  11. Apprenticeships
  12. Training
  13. Appraisals
  14. Promotion and internal recruitment

This PDF book contains links to all the ready-to-use, easily accessible documents. It's sure to become an indispensable aid to effective HR management.

We've created this Tips & Advice book especially for...

Employers, HR managers and supervisors, company owners that want to:

  • Manage their recruitment and retention procedures in an effective, legally secure way
  • Comprehensive introductions on how to use each document
  • Ready to use downloadable documents
  • Over 200 pages
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In this Special Report you'll read about...

1. Recruitment first steps

1.1. Acknowledgement of application letter

1.2. Application form

1.3. Employee referral scheme policy

1.4. Equal opportunities monitoring form

1.5. Equal opportunities statement

1.6. Job description and person specification

1.7. Letter advising rejected candidate of new vacancy

1.8. Letter advising social media will be disregarded

1.9. Letter enclosing application form

1.10. Personal statement review helpsheet

1.11. Recruitment authorisation form

1.12. Recruitment checklist

1.13. Recruitment policy

1.14. Response to unsolicited CV

2. Interviews

2.1. Interview expenses claim form

2.2. Invitation to attend interview letter

2.3. Invitation to attend second interview letter

3. References and pre-employment enquiries

3.1. Academic qualifications request

3.2. Character reference questionnaire

3.3. Criminal records check clawback agreement

3.4. Letter confirming membership of professional body

3.5. Letter declining a reference

3.6. Letter of consent to medical examination pre-appointment

3.7. Letter requesting basic disclosure certificate

3.8. Previous employment confirmation request

3.9. Professional qualifications request

3.10. Reference reply

3.11. Reference request

3.12. References consent form

3.13. Verification of qualifications consent form

4. Right to work

4.1. Non-sponsoring employer statement

4.2. Preventing illegal working letter

4.3. Repayment of immigration fees agreement

4.4. Right to work checklist

5. Declining employment

5.1. Failure to take up employment clause

5.2. Letter withdrawing conditional offer of appointment

5.3. Letter withdrawing offer of appointment

5.4. Notification of recruitment freeze letter

5.5. Rejection of candidate after interview letter

5.6. Rejection of candidate before interview letter

5.7. Response to feedback request from rejected candidate

6. Offer and acceptance of employment

6.1. Employment of ex-offenders policy

6.2. Job offer cover letter

6.3 Job trial offer letter

6.4. Letter enquiring about reasonable adjustments

6.5. Making a job offer checklist

6.6. Offer of appointment letter

6.7. Offer of paid internship letter

6.8. Written statement of employment particulars

7. New starters

7.1. Induction checklist

7.2. Internal statement announcing new employee

7.3. IT security induction helpsheet

7.4. Letter requesting return of contract of employment

7.5. Letter to new employer enforcing restrictive covenants

7.6. New starter checklist

7.7. New starter form

7.8. Pre-employment checklist

7.9. Register of keys and alarm codes

8. Probation

8.1. Dismissal at end of probationary period letter

8.2. Extension of probationary period letter

8.3. Notification of probation period review meeting

8.4 Probation checklist

8.5 Probation period clause

8.6 Probation period review form

8.7 Satisfactory probationary period letter

9. Temporary and casual work

9.1. Casual worker agreement

9.2. Extension of fixed-term contract letter

9.3 Fixed-term contract clause

9.4 Maternity leave cover clause

9.5 Renewal of fixed-term employment letter

9.6 Zero-hours contract clause

10. Agency workers

10.1. Agency workers policy

10.2. Election for extended hire period for agency worker

10.3. Election for quarantine period for agency worker

10.4 Election to pay transfer fee for agency worker

10.5. Instruction to supply temporary worker

10.6. Key information document for agency workers

11. Apprenticeships

11.1. Apprenticeship agreement

11.2. Approved English apprenticeship agreement

11.3 Dismissal letter at end of apprenticeship

11.4. Letter extending apprenticeship

11.5. Letter to discuss end of apprenticeship

11.6 Notice of potential dismissal at end of apprenticeship

11.7 Offer of permanent job at end of apprenticeship

12. Training

12.1. Confirmation of time off for training request withdrawal

12.2. Confirming extension of time for next step of time off for training request

12.3 Employee training record

12.4. Equal opportunities training record

12.5. Outcome of time to train appeal meeting

12.6 Time to train acceptance letter

12.7 Time to train appeal meeting letter

12.8 Time to train application form

12.9 Time to train meeting letter

12.10 Time to train rejection letter

12.11 Training and development policy

12.12 Training costs agreement

12.13 Training feedback form

12.14 Training requirement clause

12.15 Whistleblowing at work training notes

12.16 Whistleblowing training record

13. Appraisals

13.1. Appraisal checklist

13.2. Appraisal policy

13.3 Appraisal procedure and form

13.4 Appraisal scheme review questionnaire

13.5 Invitation to attend an appraisal meeting

13.6 Self-appraisal form

14. Promotion and internal recruitment

14.1. Assessment of potential for promotion

14.2. Internal secondment letter

14.3 Promotion letter

14.4 Promotion policy

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