Underwood Carpenter Employee Handbook - Latest 02 11 16

The Company reserves the right to pay in lieu of notice, or pay employees at normal salary intervals
but require them not to attend work during their contractual notice period, and may or may not
provide them with work during this time. By mutual agreement the Company, or the employee
concerned, may waive their right to all or part of the notice period. The Company reserves the right
to require you to take all or part of your unused accrued holiday entitlement during the notice
period.
Any employee who leaves without giving notice will only be entitled to payment of wages up to
the time of leaving and will be deemed to have breached their contract of employment.
The Company reserves the right, if there are no means of direct contact with the employee
concerned, to post written notice of termination to an employee’s last known address by recorded
delivery service.
On leaving the Company, or at any time during the notice period if so requested, employees must
surrender to the Company all Company property which is in their possession including, for example,
documents, client records, files, keys/entry fobs, manuals, computer software and any copies,
stationery etc.
Redundancy
When unavoidable business circumstances require redundancies to be made, the Company will
apply the following procedure to ensure that all employees are treated fairly and consistently:
1. Where a particular job is no longer required and where only one person currently does that
job, the individual involved will be told that their job will no longer exist and that their
selection for redundancy has been solely on these grounds.
2. Where there are a number of individuals performing the same or a similar role and the
number of employees in that role needs to be reduced by one or more, selection for
redundancy will be made according to specific selection criteria. However, the Company
reserves the right to vary the selection criteria in appropriate circumstances to take into
account essential skill sets or attributes that the Company may need to rely upon for the
future success of the business.
The Company may also consider voluntary redundancy as an alternative, or a precursor to,
compulsory redundancy.
Any employee affected by redundancy would have the right to apply for any vacant roles that
may exist within the business, as an alternative to redundancy.
Any redundancy payments will be made in line with statutory requirements.
Retirement
The Company does not operate a compulsory retirement age for its employees.
The Company is committed to equal opportunities for all its employees and recognises the
contributions of a diverse workforce, including the skills and experience of older employees. It
believes that employees should, wherever possible, be permitted to continue working for as long as
they wish to do so. The Company operates a flexible retirement policy and employees may
voluntarily retire at a time of their choosing.
If an employee has decided that they wish to retire, they should inform their Line Manager or the HR
Manager in writing as far in advance as possible and, in any event, in accordance with their notice
Employee Handbook Issue Date: November 2016
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