PIFC Business Protection Review©
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Employment Practices

Do all employees have an employment contract?
Do you have a staff handbook?
Do you update your contract and handbook at least every year?
Do your contracts contain a clause within them to allow reasonable changes to original terms and conditions?
Do you conduct routine exit interviews?
Do you measure staff turnover by department/manager?
Are your legal costs and liabilities insured in case of employee litigation?

Recruitment and Selection
Do you have a documented recruitment process?
Do you utilise any form of psychometric testing as part of your recruitment and selection process?
Do you interview with two or more people?
Do you keep documented records of each interview carried out?
Do you ask new starters if they have any convictions that are not spent in accordance with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act?
Do you check the identity of candidates to ensure that they are permitted to work in the UK prior to offering employment?
Have your interviewers been trained in equal opportunities?
Are your offers of employment always subject to receipt of satisfactory references?

Pay and Benefits
Do you provide different levels of pay to employees who are of "equal value" to your organisation?
If you operate bonuses, do they clearly link either business performance or personal performance or both?
Are benefit entitlements determined by a grading structure?
Do you provide holiday pay? (minimum 12 days plus UK public holidays)
Do you outsource your payroll function?
Do you review your employee benefits package every year? (e.g. Pension / Life Assurance / Income Protection Insurance / Medical Expense Insurance)

Performance Management
Do you have established job descriptions?
Do you have an appraisal system?
Does each employee have clear and measurable objectives?
Do you have a standardised discipline and greivance procedure?
Do your managers have regular one to ones with their staff?
Have your managers been trained in performance management?
Does your company identify training and development for your staff in order to meet the demands of the business?
Do you evaluate your training and ask for staff feedback?
Does the company record training carried out for each employee (external and internal)?
Do you have a formal appraisal interview at the end of the new employee's probationary period?

Absence Management
Do you have a documented attendance management process?
Do you have a health and productivity policy?
Do you utilise an occupational health service?
Do you ask new starters to complete a pre-employment health questionnaire?
Do you provide an Employee Assistance Programme?
Do you accurately monitor and record individual employee attendance / absenteeism?
Do you carry out return to work interviews?
Do you have a sickness certification process?
Have you dismissed an employee for poor attendance?

 

Health and Safety

Do you have "opt out" agreements for employees that normally work more than 48 hours per week?
Do you display a valid Employers Liability insurance certificate?
Do you display a Health and Safety Law poster?
Do you operate a written health and safety policy?
Have you appointed a qualified and experienced Safety Advisor?
Do you undertake risk assessment of your premises, equipment and working practices (at least once a year)?
Do you undertake risk assessments for users of display screen equipment?
Do you have trained first aiders?
Do you display a sign clearly stating who the trained first aiders are?
Do you have a first aid box?
Does the company carry out regular fire risk assessments (at least once a year)?
Do you have trained fire wardens?
Does your company have the legal number of fire extinguishers?
Do you provide an eye sight test benefit?