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Internal Policies and Guidelines

Our aim is to enable staff to have convenient and easy access to the HR related Policies and Procedures they need to effectively manage their teams.

The full policies are listed alphabetically.

You can get access to Leeds City Council policies and procedures here.

Please note: With all Policies and Procedures, where there is a local agreement in place please defer to this in the first instance.  In cases of doubt, please refer to your line manager.

Policies and Guidelines A-Z

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Adoption Leave Guidance 

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Alcohol, Drugs and Substance Misuse Policy

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Annual Leave Policy

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Appeal Policy and Procedures

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Appraisal Policy and Procedure

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Bullying and Harassment Policy

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Child Protection Supervision Policy

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Confidentiality Code of Conduct

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Cover for Absent Colleagues

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Covid-19 Mandatory Vaccinations in Care Homes (if you need this document in an accessible format please contact lch.hr@nhs.net)

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Data Protection Policy

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Disciplinary Policy

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Domestic Violence Policy

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Dress and Appearance Policy

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Employment Break Scheme

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Flexible Working Policy

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Freedom to Speak Up Policy (formerly Whistleblowing Policy)

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Grievance Policy and Procedure

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Induction Policy

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Information Governance Policy

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Long Service Award Policy

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Maintaining High Professional Standards

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Managing Concerns with Performance Policy

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Managing Personal Relationships in the Workplace Policy 

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Managing Stress in the Workplace Policy

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Maternity Leave Guidance

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Maternity Support (Paternity) Leave Guidance

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Medical and Dental Appraisals and Revalidation Policy

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Medical and Dental Job Planning Policy

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Mortality Review and Responding to Deaths Policy

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Organisational Change Policy

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Overpayments and Underpayments Policy

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Patient Experience, Dealing with Compliments, Concerns and Complaints

(if you need this document in an accessible format please contact lch.pet@nhs.net )

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Pay Protection Policy

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Personal and Professional Development Policy 

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Professional Registration Policy

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Records Management Policy

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Remediation, Re-skilling and Rehabilitation Policy for Doctors and Dentists

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Recruitment and Selection Policy (if you need this document in an accessible format please contact lch.jobs@nhs.net )

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Relocation Grants Policy

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Safeguarding Children Policy

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Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme

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Secondment Policy

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Smokefree Policy

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Special Leave Policy (if you need this document in an accessible format please contact lch.hr@nhs.net)

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Statutory and Mandatory Training Policy

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Study Professional Leave Policy for non-training grade Medical & Dental staff

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Travel and Expenses Policy

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Temporary Staffing

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Trade Union Facilities Policy

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Transitioning at Work Policy

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Wellbeing at Work Policy - This policy is currently under review and will be available soon. (Formerly the Managing Attendance Policy, if you need an accessible version of this please contact HR lch.hr@nhs.net)

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Work Experience Policy

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Working Time Regulations Policy

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