Manage and facilitate employees’ release

This standard is about managing and facilitating employees’ release, such as retirement, redundancy, resignation, ill health, poor performance or conduct-related dismissal, transfers. It includes developing and agreeing release processes, implementing these in accordance with the values of the organisation and relevant legislation and providing both individuals and managers with appropriate support.

This standard is for HR professionals who are involved in managing and facilitating employees’ release.

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1. develop and agree release processes that meet the needs of the organisation
2. follow release processes in accordance with employment legislation and code of practice
3. implement release processes in line with organisational values
4. maintain respect and confidentiality when communicating action plan in relation to people release
5. support managers in implementing release processes
6. monitor managers’ competence in legal basis of the release processes
7. conduct exit administration in accordance with the release processes and procedures
8. maintain complete and accurate records of employees’ release
9. identify legislative changes that may impact release processes
10. review and evaluate release processes on a regular basis and recommend relevant revisions and improvements

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1. your organisational strategies, values, goals and objectives
2. the sectors in which your organisation operates and the market factors impacting on its performance
3. the sources of specialist information and expertise and how to access it
4. how human resource levers drive organisational performance
5. the relevant legislation applicable to employees’ release and how to implement it in accordance with organisational values
6. how to identify and mitigate the risks
7. the release processes and how to develop these to meet organisational needs and legal requirements
8. the methods of communication in employees’ release situations
9. the range of support to employees for release processes, action plans and other options
10. the range of factors for consideration as part of employees’ release
11. the range of support for managers in implementing employees’ release processes
12. the legal basis of the processes and the requirements for employees’ release
13. how to calculate termination entitlements
14. the importance of prevention reviews to avoid any unnecessary exits in the future
15. how to complete exit administration related to employees’ release
16. the sources of relevant support and information about release processes, next steps and other options
17. the post-release support and services
18. the records for release and how long these should be kept
19. how to identify legislative changes that may impact employees’ release processes how to review and evaluate release processes
20. the principles of agility, continuous improvement and business partnering needs
21. the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) practices
22. the relevant data protection regulation

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2030

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Current

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Original

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Instructus

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CFAHR8

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Personnel, Training and Industrial Relations Managers , Personnel and industrial relations officers

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4136

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Human resources; HR; manage people; retirement; redundancy; resignation; ill health; performance or conduct-related dismissal; transfers

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