Documents

Deputy Clerk Specimen Job Description

• Job Description Deputy Clerk (Word Document, 36 Kb)

Assistant Clerk Specimen Job Description and Person Specification

• Job Description Assistant Clerk (Word Document, 29 Kb)

Recruitment and selection process action plan

• Example Recruitment Process (PDF, 365 Kb)

An offer of employment can be conditional not only for example on receipt of satisfactory references and, if relevant, a medical examination but also on satisfactory completion of a probationary period. The concept of such a period is that it gives both parties time to consider whether both have made the right choice and in essence therefore the suitability of the employee for the job.

• Recruitment Probationary Period Briefing (PDF, 551 Kb)

Principal Statement of Terms and Conditions of Employment

• Generic Groundsperson/Warden Contract (MS Word, 108 Kb)

A list of documents to help and support member councils with employment questions and issues

• Employment Support - documents available (Word Document, 100 Kb)

The guide has been written in six sections which run through the job cycle, from recruitment to leaving an organisation for whatever reason.

• Good Councillor's Guide Employer (PDF, 1.4 Mb)

The staffing committee will consist of three councillors and be responsible for all staffing matters. It will meet as and when required to ensure that Example Parish Council complies with the requirements of employment law and follows best practice in providing good working conditions for staff.

• Example Staffing Committee Terms Of Reference (Word Document, 15 Kb)

•Why is automatic enrolment being introduced?
•What employers need to do
•Staging dates and overall timetable
•Who are your workers?
•Worker categories and the duties and rights for pension scheme enrolment
•Communicating with workers
•Qualifying earnings and the automatic enrolment processes
•Postponement
•Opt-ins and Opt-outs
•Monitoring worker status and re-enrolment
•Keeping records
•Declaration of compliance

• Auto-Enrolment Overview from the Pensions Regulator (PDF, 1.1 Mb)

GUIDANCE NOTES – MANAGING THE DISCIPLINARY PROCESS, HANDLING A DISCIPLINARY INVESTIGATION AND CONDUCTING A DISCIPLINARY HEARING

Guidance Notes - Managing the disciplinary process, handling a disciplinary investigation and conducting a disciplinary hearing.

• Disciplinary Process Management (PDF, 183 Kb)

Local Government Pension Scheme
Payment of discretionary compensation to employees.
Example Hertfordshire County Council policy on exercise of employer discretions

• Pensions Discretion Policy HCC Example (PDF, 135 Kb)

Local Government Pension Scheme
Payment of discretionary compensation to employees.
Generic model policy on exercise of employer discretions

• Pensions Discretion Policy Generic (MS Word, 73 Kb)

The law on workplace pensions has changed. Under the Pensions Act 2008, every employer in the UK must put certain staff into a pension scheme and contribute towards it. This is called 'automatic enrolment'.

• The Essential Guide to Pension Auto Enrolment (PDF, 267 Kb)

Councils are on occasions unsure how best to deal with employee requests for time off for medical appointments e.g. doctors, dentist, optician etc which are not a part of an ongoing sickness absence episode and in particular whether such time off should be allowed with pay.

• Employment Guide - Medical Appointments (PDF, 239 Kb)