England nursery policy templates updates – January 2025
NDNA’s policies and procedures templates have been updated according to recent employment law updates and guidance, see what has changed below.
NDNA provides its members with over 90 pre-written policies and procedure templates, to help save nursery owners managers vital time and £1000s in lawyer and consultant fees.
We have looked at all the latest legislation changes and best practice recommendations. Many of the changes to the templates are related to the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023. The law came into effect on 26 October 2024.
By law, all employers must take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of their employees.
Some of the policy templates that have been updated to reflect this include:
- Harassment and Sexual Harassment Risk Assessment Template – NEW!
- Staff Well-being Policy
- Inclusion and Equality Policy
- Dealing with Discriminatory Behaviour Policy.
NDNA members can download the policies straight to the computer from our website.
Here’s a bit more information on what you need to be aware of regarding the employment law update:
By law, all employers must take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of their employees.
The law is the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023. The law came into effect on 26 October 2024.
The law covers sexual harassment from:
- Other people at work
- Third parties – for example customers and clients.
You must take action to assess risks and put measures in place. You cannot wait until sexual harassment happens. If it’s already happened, you must take action to stop it happening again. Make sure you download NDNA’s updated policy templates.
There have been some further updates to templates, such as:
- Safeguarding and child protection
- Low level concerns
- Grievance procedure.
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