Policies, Procedures and Codes of Practice
- Academic Visitors - international visitors (.doc)
- Additional paid work
- Adoption leave
- Adverse Weather (.doc)
- Agency Worker Regulations (.rtf)
- Alcohol and drug policy (.doc)
- Annual review for Academic and Research staff
- Annual review for support staff - 2012
- Appraisals:
- Appraisal and Personal Development Scheme (.doc)
- Appraisal Record (.doc)
- Personal Development Plan (.doc)
- Award of Titles - criteria (.docx) Award of Titles -form (.docx)
- Benefits for staff - see also Essex Offers and Flexible Benefits FAQs (.doc)
- Campus Cards (.doc)
- Capability procedures (support staff) (.pdf) and flowchart (.pdf)
- Change of duties for academic staff - collective agreement (.pdf)
- Childcare Vouchers
- Compressed Hours Working: Guidelines (.doc)
- Concessionary Fees for University Staff Guidelines (.rtf) and Form (.rtf)
- Conducting investigations (.pdf) and flowchart (.pdf)
- Criminal Records Bureau Procedure - see Disclosure and Barring Service below
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Data Protection Act
- Diary of tasks for Heads of Department
- Disability in Employment
- Disciplinary procedures (academic and academic-related staff)
- Disciplinary procedures (support staff) (.pdf) and flowchart (.pdf)
- Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) Procedure
- Discretionary Leave Guidelines (.doc)
- Employee guide to Health, Safety and Wellbeing policy
- Employment of Temporary/Fixed-Term/Casual staff
- Equality and Diversity
- Equality and Diversity on line programme
- Fire Safety Information
- Fixed Term Contracts Guidance (.doc)
- Fixed Term Justification Reasons (.doc)
- Flexible benefits FAQs (.doc)
- Flexible Working (.pdf) Download Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader
- Freedom of Speech
- Grading review procedures for Academic Related/Senior Support Staff and Support Staff
- Graduate Students - Teaching and Demonstrating
- Grievance procedure (academic and academic-related staff)
- Grievance procedure (support staff) (.pdf) and flowchart (.pdf)
- Harassment (.pdf)
- Heads of Department Handbook
- Heads of Department - procedure for nomination (.docx)
- Health, Safety and Wellbeing
- HERA Job Evaluation information
- Human Resources Strategy 2008/9 - 2011/12 (.pdf)
- Keeping in Touch (KIT) days (during maternity/adoption leave)
- Leave of Absence (.doc)
- Maternity leave
- No Smoking (.doc)
- Parental leave
- Paternity leave & Additional Paternity Leave (.docx)
- Performance & Development Review - see Appraisal and Personal Development Scheme
- Points Based Immigration System - Information Note (.doc)
- Policy for the Protection of Under 18s and Vulnerable Adults
- Probation (non academic and academic-related staff) Notes for Guidance for Heads of Departments/Schools/Sections/Centres (.doc)
- Probation (academic staff) Notes for Guidance for Heads of Departments/Schools and Probationary Supervisors (.doc)
- Professional Conduct of Staff (Guidelines)
- Promotion of Racial Equality
- Recruitment and selection, equality and diversity - Handbook (.pdf)
- Recruitment and selection - academic staff
- Recruitment and selection - other staff
- Recruitment and selection - Graduate Students
- Recruitment and selection - Senior Support interview guidelines (.doc) (restricted area)
- Recruitment and selection - Two Ticks guidance (.doc)
- Recruitmentof ex-offenders - guidelines
- Redeployment Policy and Procedure (.doc)
- References (.doc)
- Removal and Relocation expenses (.doc)
- Research leave (.doc)
- Right to Request Time off for Training (.doc) Application form (.doc)
- Right to Work Document List (.doc)
- Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults - Quick Guide
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Sickness:
- Sickness Absence (.doc)
- Sick Leave and Sick Pay arrangements (.doc)
- Fit Notes
- Sickness absence monthly notification (.xlsx) (for completion by department/faculty/section/service)
- Self-Certificate for Sickness absence (.rtf)
- Staff benefits
- Starting salary guidelines (.pdf)
- Stress management policy
- Time off for dependants
- Time off for public service duties guidelines (.pdf)
- Two Ticks - positive about disabled people
- Use of IT facilities
- Whistleblowing Policy