Employment Guides

ECA has produced a set of documents for the FESS apprenticeship which is not covered by the JIB agreement. The pack includes a short document with guidance on how to use the remainder of the documents.

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• Employment Application Form

• Apprenticeship assessment form

• Offer Letter

• Template contract

• Employee next of kin and bank details

Employment status is becoming an increasingly high-profile issue. This reflects the growing importance of new ways of working, such as in the so-called ‘gig economy’. This guidance provides details on the identifying the main types of employment and the obligations of employers for each type.

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• Employment Status Guidance

ECA has produced detailed guidance to help employers meet the wide ranging requirements of equality employment legislation.

The purpose of this guide is to assist employers who do not have equal opportunity policies, to produce a suitable policy for their organisation and to assist in reviewing policies for those employers who already have equal opportunities polices in place.

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• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Guidance

An Update on Case Law
(Nov 2021)

ECA employee relations team have developed a guidance document following uncertainty on how to calculate holiday pay in recent years.

The guidance document contains key information on:

• Types of holiday entitlement
• Scope of Euro leave and additional uk statutory annual leave
• Calculation of holiday pay
• Legislation
• Pay for euro leave - case law
• Intrinsic work
• Commission
• Overtime and other payments
• Additional UK statutory annual leave
• Additional contractual annual leave
• Guidance for ECA members
• Holiday pay calculations
• JIB holiday pay calculations

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• Holiday Pay - Update on Case Law

Managing the allocation of work can be a challenging task at the best of times. This guidance is designed to assist employers in following the correct procedures when dealing with an employee’s absence as the result of ill health whether for prolonged or persistent short-term periods.

For the purpose of this guidance, ‘ill health’ includes sickness, injury and any other medical grounds on which an employee is incapacitated from carrying out his or her normal duties.

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• Managing Ill Health Absence

Related Links

• Fit for work Scheme
• JIB Handbook

This section provides employers with effective tools to manage discipline among its employees, from the step-by step guidance on the procedures to follow to providing sample letters.

In addition, our employment guidance also provides concise sample discipline and grievance procedures for small businesses. This document is intended to give general advice and guidance on the particular subject; it is not a definitive statement of the law. If in doubt, consult the ECA Employee Relations Department.

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• Managing Discipline

• Managing Grievance

Related Links

• ACAS Sample Disciplinary & Grievance Procedures

The Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006, requires that all employers conduct basic document checks on every person that they intend to employ. By undertaking the document checks, employers can be reassured that they are complying with their legal obligations and doing everything possible to employ only people who are allowed to work in the UK. ECA is here to help employers navigate the procedures they need to follow in these circumstances.

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• Guidance on the prevention of Illegal Working in the Construction Industry - Jan 2019

Businesses already facing a particularly challenging time may have the additional complication of implementing redundancies among their workforce. The ECA can guide employers from the decision to consider redundancies through to the redundancy selection and final implementation. In addition to this, the guide is filled with sample letters and guidance on consulting, selecting, notifying the relevant employees and calculating their redundancy and notice pay. 

This document is intended to give general advice and guidance on the particular subject; it is not a definitive statement of the law. If in doubt, consult the ECA Employee Relations Department.

• Redundancy Guidance

This document is intended to give general advice and guidance on the particular subject; it is not a definitive statement of the law. If in doubt, consult the ECA Employee Relations Department.

This guidance document provides guidance to employers in order to help them understand the TUPE Regulations (and the changes introduce by the 2014 Regulations) and to help them comply with their legal requirements. It gives general guidance only and should not be regarded as a complete or authoritative statement of the law.

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• TUPE Guidance

• Sep 2019:    Guidance on what to do if your employee is accused or convicted of a crime

• Jul 2019:      Social Value Guidance

• Jul 2019:      Guidance on criminal record checking in the construction industry

• Mar 2019:     EU settlement scheme information

• Template Employment Contract

• Contract Guidance Notes

• Employee Handbook

• Working time opt-out agreement