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The documents HR sends again and again.

Contracts, offers, settlements and the letters around them. Each becomes a template in your own wording, filled from the paperwork you already have, and approved by a person before it goes out.

The template, with the apprenticeship particulars table and its values highlighted
The apprenticeship agreement (england) as a template.

33 documents, one way of working

Each page shows what changes every time and the rules the document usually needs.

Apprenticeship agreement (England)

An apprenticeship agreement is the short statutory document an employer and apprentice in England sign at the start of an apprenticeship.

What changes each time
  • Apprentice name
  • Place of work
  • Apprenticeship standard, level and version
  • Start date of apprenticeship
  • End date of apprenticeship
  • Start date of practical period
  • and 3 more

Capability meeting letter

A capability meeting letter invites an employee to a formal meeting about their performance, after informal attempts to deal with it have not worked.

What changes each time
  • Employer's full name
  • Employer's address
  • Employee's full name
  • Employee's address
  • Employee's first name
  • Date of the informal meeting
  • and 13 more

Employer reference letter

An employer reference letter answers a request for a reference about a current or former employee, either as a factual reference or as a full one.

What changes each time
  • Who asked
  • Date of the request
  • Type of reference
  • Full name
  • Dates of employment
  • Job titles
  • and 10 more

Fixed-term employment contract

A fixed-term employment contract is the written statement of particulars for someone employed for a set period, such as maternity cover or a seasonal role.

What changes each time
  • Employee name
  • Employer name
  • Job title
  • Employment start date
  • How the fixed term ends
  • Why the post is fixed term
  • and 10 more

Grievance meeting invitation letter

A grievance meeting invitation letter invites an employee who has raised a formal grievance to a meeting to discuss it.

What changes each time
  • Employer's full name
  • Employer's address
  • Employee's full name
  • Employee's address
  • Employee's first name
  • Date of the grievance
  • and 9 more

Grievance outcome letter

A grievance outcome letter tells an employee the decision on their formal grievance, point by point, and explains how to appeal.

What changes each time
  • Employer's full name
  • Employer's address
  • Employee's full name
  • Employee's address
  • Employee's first name
  • Date of the written grievance
  • and 13 more

Job offer letter

A job offer letter tells the successful candidate they have the job, with the salary, start date and type of post.

What changes each time
  • Candidate's full name
  • Candidate's first name
  • Candidate's address
  • Job title
  • Annual salary
  • Start date
  • and 8 more

Maternity leave confirmation letter

A maternity leave confirmation letter confirms in writing an employee's maternity leave dates and what the employee needs to know about it.

What changes each time
  • Employee's name
  • How the employee gave notice
  • Date of notification
  • Maternity leave start date
  • Return-to-work date
  • Weeks of enhanced maternity leave
  • and 4 more

Pay rise letter

A pay rise letter tells an employee in writing that their pay is going up, by how much and from when.

What changes each time
  • Employer's full name
  • Employer's address
  • Employee's full name
  • Employee's address
  • Employee's first name
  • Reason for the rise
  • and 13 more

Probation extension letter

A probation extension letter tells a new employee that their probation period will be longer than planned, and sets out what they need to achieve in the extra time.

What changes each time
  • Employer's full name
  • Employer's address
  • Employee's full name
  • Employee's address
  • Employee's first name
  • Name of manager
  • and 13 more

Probation review outcome letter

A probation review outcome letter tells a new employee the result of their probation review: that they have passed, or that they have not and their employment will end with notice.

What changes each time
  • Employer's full name
  • Employer's address
  • Employee's full name
  • Employee's address
  • Employee's first name
  • Name of manager
  • and 16 more

Secondment agreement

A secondment agreement sets out the terms on which an employee is lent by their employer to work for another organisation for a fixed time or project.

What changes each time
  • Date of the agreement
  • Employer's full legal name
  • Host organisation's full legal name
  • Employee's full name
  • Employee's home address
  • Role at the host
  • and 15 more

Settlement agreement

A settlement agreement is the legally binding agreement an employer and employee sign when they agree the terms of an exit: the leaving date, any payment in lieu of notice, a settlement payment, and the claims the employee agrees not to bring.

What changes each time
  • Employer name
  • Employee name
  • Job title
  • Employment start date
  • Termination date
  • Weeks of pay in lieu of notice
  • and 13 more

Settlement offer letter

A settlement offer letter opens settlement discussions with an employee, proposing that their employment ends on agreed terms.

What changes each time
  • Employee name
  • Type of concern
  • Concerns and action taken so far
  • Procedure that would come next
  • Where the procedure can be read
  • Proposed employment end date
  • and 8 more

Status determination statement

A status determination statement is the document a client gives a contractor, and the agency or company it contracts with, to say whether the engagement falls inside the off-payroll working rules (IR35).

What changes each time
  • Client's full legal name
  • Client's address
  • Issued by, name and job title
  • Email address
  • Worker's full name
  • Intermediary's legal name and number
  • and 15 more

Suspension letter

A suspension letter confirms in writing that an employee has been suspended on their usual pay while an allegation against them is investigated.

What changes each time
  • Employee
  • Home address
  • Post and department
  • Allegations, one bullet each
  • Changes considered first, one bullet each
  • Why they were not enough
  • and 8 more

Training repayment agreement

A training repayment agreement records that an employer will pay for an employee's course and that the employee will repay some or all of the cost if they leave within a set time.

What changes each time
  • Date
  • Employer's company name
  • Employer's address
  • Employee's full name
  • Employee's job title
  • Course or qualification
  • and 13 more

Variation of contract letter

A variation of contract letter confirms in writing a change to an employee's terms that the employer and employee have already agreed, such as new hours, a new place of work or a new job title.

What changes each time
  • Employer's full name
  • Employer's address
  • Employee's full name
  • Employee's address
  • Employee's first name
  • Name of the person met
  • and 13 more

Work experience agreement

A work experience agreement sets out what a student, their education provider and the host employer expect from a placement.

What changes each time
  • Education provider's name
  • Employer's name
  • Student's name
  • Parent or carer's name
  • Placement start date
  • Placement end date
  • and 14 more

Zero hours contract

A zero hours contract is the written statement of terms for a worker who has no guaranteed hours: the employer is not obliged to offer work, and the worker is not obliged to accept it.

What changes each time
  • Worker's name
  • Employer
  • Start date
  • Job title
  • Places of work and hourly rates
  • Normal place of work
  • and 6 more

How it works for an HR team

  1. 1

    Upload the version you send today

    A Word or PDF file. DocuWeave finds the names, dates, amounts and lists that change, and keeps your wording.

  2. 2

    Check it and publish

    Answer its questions, set the rules in plain English, publish version 1. Old documents never change.

  3. 3

    Make each one from the paperwork

    Drop in the offer email, the ID, the notes. It fills what it finds, shows the source, and asks only about the rest.

Your people's data stays yours.

  • Paperwork read on your device

    The files you drop in are read in your browser; only their text is sent.

  • A record of every approval

    Who approved each document, when, and exactly what.

Start with the contract you sent last week.

Upload it, check what DocuWeave found, and publish it. Nothing is used until you do.