A to Z of HR policies, guidelines, forms and templates
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A to Z of employment policies and guidelines
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
A
- Absence Policy
- FIT for work service guidance - see FIT for Work Service - Guidance for Managers)
- Sick Pay Entitlements (Word, 32KB)
- Sickness Administrator Guidance (PDF)
- Academic Visitors Guidance
- Adoption Leave Policy
- Age Equality Policy
- Agency Workers Regulations - Guidance for Managers (PDF)
- Alcohol Policy
- Annual Leave
- Annualised Hours - see Term Time or Annualised Hours
- Anti-bribery Policy
- Appraisals
- Appraisal Policy
- Armed Forces Covenant (PDF, 727KB)
B
- Bullying and Harassment Policy - this has been replaced with the Dignity at Work Policy
C
- Capability Procedure - see Absence Policy
- Career Break - see Special Leave Guidance
- Carers Leave - see Exceptional Leave Guidance
- CCTV Systems - Code of Practice
- Change Management - see Organisational Change Policy
- Childcare Vouchers (Word, 20KB)
- Code of Conduct
- Compassionate Leave - see Special Leave
- Contingent Worker Approval Process
- COVID-19- Staff FAQs about being in the workplace (54KB)
D
- Data Protection
- DBS Policy
- Death in Service - Staff Procedures (Word, 38KB)
- Dependants Leave Policy
- Dignity at Work Policy
- Disability - Managers Guide to Reasonable Adjustments (Word, 35KB)
- Disciplinary Procedure
- Domestic Abuse Policy
- Domestic Abuse - Guidance for staff and students (PDF, 814KB)
- Driving personal vehicles on LJMU Business
- Drugs - Misuse of Drugs Policy
E
- Email Best Practice Guidelines (Word, 44KB)
- Email Etiquette (PDF, 272KB)
- Emeritus Professorships - Process for Conferring (Word 38KB)
- Equality and Diversity Policy
- Equality Impact Assessment (Guidance and Checklist)
- Equal Pay Statement (Word, 52KB)
- EU Settlement Scheme Guidance (Word, 107KB)
- Exceptional Leave Guidelines (PDF, 96KB)
- Exclusivity of Service - please visit the Forms page to access a Word version of the form within this policy
F
- FIT for Work Service - Guidance for Managers (Word, 37KB)
- Fixed Term Employees - Guidance (Word, 107KB)
- Flexi Time
- Flexible Working Procedure
- Freedom of Information
G
H
- Health and Safety Policy
- Honorary Visiting Positions - Guidance
- HR Strategy (PDF, 103KB)
- Hybrid Working Guidance (PDF, 173KB)
- Hybrid Working - Team Charter Template (Word, 82KB)
I
- Induction Checklist for New Staff (Word, 68KB)
- Induction Handbook for Academic Staff (PDF, 1.03MB)
- Induction for Academic Staff - Mentoring Guide (PDF, 288KB)
- Industrial Action - see Strike
- Information Security Policy
- Internships and Student Placement Guidance (Word, 43KB)
- Investigations - Staff Investigations Protocol - see the Policy Centre
- IT Access for non-contracted staff - see Contingent Worker Approval Process
J
K
L
- LGPS (Local Government Pension Scheme)
- Loan - see Staff Loan
- Lone Working - Health and Safety
- Long Service Award (PDF, 26KB)
M
- Market Supplement Policy
- Maternity Leave Policy
- Menopause Policy
- Mentoring Guide for Academic Staff - see Induction for Academic Staff - Mentoring Guide
- Mentoring Guide for Professional Services Staff (PDF, 286KB)
- Military Veterans and Reservist Policy
N
- Name Changes - Guide on what to do (Word, 52KB)
- Neurodiversity Support
- New Starter Induction Checklist (Word, 68KB) - for new staff and line managers
- Notice periods for Staff (Word, 34KB)
O
P
- PAF - see Post Approval
- Parental Leave Policy (unpaid) - also see Shared Parental Leave
- Paternity Leave Policy
- PDPR - see Appraisal
- Pension Schemes at LJMU
- Performance Management Procedure
- Personal Relationships at Work Policy
- Post Approval - 'How to' Infobase User guide
- Post Approval Process (Word, 3.4MB) - revised with effect from 1 August 2021
- Probational Review Procedure - Guidance for Managers (PDF, 324KB)
Q
- Qualification Framework for Academic and Research Staff (Word, 37KB)
- Qualification Framework for Professional Staff (Word, 37KB)
R
- Recruitment and Selection Procedure
- Recruitment and Selection Guidance for Managers (PDF, 113KB)
- Redeployment - see Organisational Change Policy
- Redeployment Policy (Disability)
- Redundancy - see Organisational Change Policy
- Relocation Policy for New Employees and Application Form
- Retirement (Flexible) Policy
- Retirement (Flexible) LGPS - Guidance for Managers (PDF, 90KB)
- Retirement (Voluntary) Policy
S
- Sabbatical Policy
- Season Ticket Loan - see Travel Season Ticket Loan Policy
- Secondments (Internal) Guidance (PDF)
- Sessional and other Hourly Paid Staff - Guidance for Managers
- Severe Weather Guidance - see Weather
- Shared Parental Leave Policy
- Shared Parental Leave Policy - Guidance for Managers (Word, 39KB)
- Sickness Policy - see Absence Policy
- Social Media Policy for Staff
- Smoking on University Premises
- Social Networking Statement
- Special Leave - see Exceptional Leave
- Staff Development Funding
- Staff Infobase - Guide to self-service and manager self-service functions (Word, 27KB)
- Staff Leadership and Development Policy
- Staff Loan Guidance (PDF, 417KB)
- Stress (Work Related) Policy
- Stress Risk Assessment Procedure: Individual
- Stress Survey: Team
- Strike Action FAQs
- Student Placements - see Internship Guidance
T
- Tax Free Childcare (Word, 33KB)
- Teachers Pension Scheme (TPS)
- Term-Time or Annualised Hours - Guidance for Staff and Managers (Word, 38KB)
- Training - Right to Request time off Policy
- Transgender and Non-Binary Policy for Staff and Students
- Travel Season Ticket Loan Policy (Word, 35KB)
U
- Unpaid Leave - see Exceptional Leave
V
- Visa Loan Scheme for International Staff (PDF, 149KB)
- Visitors and Honorary Visitors
- Voluntary Retirement Policy - see Retirement
W
- Weather (Severe) Conditions Guidance (Word, 42KB)
- Whistleblowing Policy
- Work Life Balance Policy
- Workplace Reasonable Adjustment Passport
- Work Placement Handbook (Word, 1.03MB)
- Work Related Stress - see Stress
- Workload Allocation - Guidelines for Academic Staff (Word, 47KB)
- Working Time Regulations
- Work Station Assessment - please look for SCP20 under the Safety Codes of Practice and Guidance notes heading