Employment Rights Act 1996: Key legislation governing fair treatment requirements, protection against unfair dismissal, and record-keeping requirements for performance appraisals and employment documentation.
Equality Act 2010: Ensures prevention of discrimination, protection of characteristics, requirements for reasonable adjustments, and implementation of fair and objective assessment criteria in performance evaluations.
Data Protection Act 2018 and UK GDPR: Regulates personal data processing, data storage and retention requirements, employee privacy rights, and confidentiality requirements in performance documentation.
Health and Safety at Work Act 1974: Covers performance metrics related to safety and workplace wellbeing considerations that may need to be incorporated into performance assessments.
Human Rights Act 1998: Ensures right to fair treatment and privacy rights are respected during the performance appraisal process.
ACAS Code of Practice: Provides guidance on disciplinary and grievance procedures that may be relevant to performance management and appraisal processes.
Industry-specific regulations: Any sector-specific requirements that must be considered in performance evaluation criteria and reporting.
Company policies: Internal procedures and guidelines that must be aligned with the performance appraisal process and reporting.
Employment contract terms: Specific contractual obligations and terms that may affect performance evaluation criteria and reporting requirements.
Collective agreements: Any applicable union or collective bargaining agreements that may impact the performance appraisal process and reporting requirements.
