HR Healthcheck

Please complete the form below. Once submitted, you will receive a copy of the report by email.


1. Tribunals
1.1 Have you been involved in any Employment Tribunals within the last three years in which an award was made against you?
2. Redundancies
2.1 Are you contemplating making any redundancies in the next 3 months?
2.2 Do you have the contractual right to lay off your employees in the event of a reduction or shortage of work?
3. Recruitment
3.1 Do you check that all prospective employees are eligible to work in the UK and do follow up checks where necessary?
3.2 Do you offer/make reasonable adjustments for disabled applicants?
3.3 Do you employ Apprentices or fixed term workers?
4. Statutory Rights
4.1 Do you issue a statement of the main terms of employment by the commencement of employment which inlcudes all the information required under the Employment Rights Act 1996??
4.2 Do all employees, whether full-time, part-time, or fixed-term, receive the same terms and conditions of employment, regardless of the number of hours they work?
4.3 Do you have a Whistleblowing Policy?
4.4 Do you have a sexual harassment policy?
5. Working Time
5.1 Do you operate opt-out arrangements for employees working in excess of 48 hours per week?
5.2 Do you provide employees with statutory breaks in accordance with the Working Time Regulations?
5.3 Do part-time employees receive pro-rata holidays (including pro-rata bank holidays)? Part time employees are employees that do not work the normal full time hours.
6. Discipline, Grievance & Appeals
6.1 Do you have up to date disciplinary and grievance procedures in place and are Managers trained in the process?
7. Notice
7.1 Do you give a minimum of statutory notice on dismissal? (Minimum is 1 week after 1 month and thereafter 1 week per year of service up to a maximum of 12 weeks).
8. Employment Policies
8.1 Do you have an up to date equality and diversity policy?
8.2 Do you have an up to date policy on bullying/harassment in the workplace?
8.3 Do you have an up to date sickness absence policy in place which gives clear guidelines to employees in the event of their absence from work?
8.4 Do you record sickness and absence and do you carry out return to work interviews?
8.5 Do you have an effective appraisal system in place?
8.6 Do you have an up to date Employee Handbook which is accessible to all staff?
8.7 Do your employee contracts contain details on all of their paid leave entitlements and all benefits/remuneration?
9. Statutory Time Off
9.1 Do you and your managers know the difference between parental leave and shared parental leave and how to deal with effectively?
9.2 Are you aware of your obligations in relation to pregnant workers?
9.3 Do you allow Statutory Time off for Dependants?
9.4 Do you deal with flexible working requests within two months?
9.5 Do you have an up to date policy on statutory time off and flexible working?
9.6 Do you allow statutory parental bereavement leave?
9.7 Do you allow statutory neonatal care leave?