Ill Health Retirement

Behaviour and Standards

• Behavioural Standards Guidance

Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence

• Supporting Victims or Survivors
• Guidance for Managers
• Guidance for Colleagues
• Asking Difficult Questions
• Perpetrator
• Help and Support

Employee relations

• Capability
• Disciplinary
• Grievance
• Investigations
• Collective disputes
• Suspension
• Trade Union Facilities Time Agreement
• Disciplinary Policy and Procedure Guidance Chief Officer
• Grievance Relating to Grade

Employee Support

Equality & Diversity

• Disability: Reasonable adjustments
• Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Staff
• Religion and Belief
• Transgender Guidance
• Equality and Diversity Monitoring
• A Guide for Managers Supporting Lesbian, Gay and Bi Staff

Flexible Working and Job Share

• FAQ's for employees
• Flexible Working FAQ's for managers
• Flexible Working Policy
• Job Sharing Policy and Procedure - September 2020

Jobs & Careers

• Secondment Policy
• Probation
• Temporary and fixed-term contracts

Leave and absence

• Adoption & Surrogacy Leave
• Annual Leave
• Career Break
• Compassionate Leave
• Flexi-time
• Maternity Leave
• Paternity Leave
• Purchase of Additional Annual Leave
• Premature Birth/Hospitalised Baby Leave and Pay
• Shared Parental Leave
• Time off for dependants
• Unpaid leave
• Neonatal Care Leave & Pay Policy - April 2025
• Disruptions to Working Arrangements (1)
• Time Off Policy - February 2026
• Shared Parental Leave - Process Guide for Headteachers
• Paternity Leave Policy - April 2026
• Bereaved Partner’s Paternity Leave
• Parental Leave Policy

Leaving the council

• Retirement
• Severance
• Redundancy

Directory

Pay & benefits

• Childcare voucher scheme
• Eye tests
• Health Care Plans
• Pay
• Pension Scheme
• Salary Finance
• Travel and Subsistence Policy

Recruiting an Agency Worker

• Frequently Asked Questions
• Getting Started

Recruitment

• Disclosure and Barring Service - Guidance for managers
• DBS referrals flow chart
• Employment References - Guidance

ResourceLink / MyView

Restructuring

Sickness Absence

• Recording Absence
• Return to Work Interviews
• Phased Return to Work
• Attendance Management Meetings
• The Stages of Sickness Absence
• Occupational Health
• Occupational Health Referrals
• Occupational Sick Pay
• Case Conferences
• Reasonable Adjustments (Disability)
• Ill Health Retirement
• Ill Health Retirement - Non Teachers
• Ill Health Retirement - Teachers
• Related Absence
• Sickness & annual leave
• Managing respiratory tract infections including Covid
• FAQ's for employees
• Sickness Absence Policy

Volunteering

• Information for Managers
• Information for Volunteers

Whistleblowing

• Whistleblowing Policy April 2026

Workforce and succession planning

• Introduction
• Stage 1 - Starting Point
• Critical Role Analysis
• What is your demand and supply?
• Gap Analysis
• Action Plan
• Reporting
• Workforce and Succession Planning Solutions