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View full libraryOur Adverse Weather Policy ensures employee safety and productivity during challenging weather conditions, minimising disruption and ensuring clear guidelines.
If you are reviewing your workplace safety arrangements, these health and safety policy templates give you a practical set of policies covering responsibilities, risk assessment, implementation, training and review.
1 Overview
1.1 The purpose of this policy is to cover rules for employees where an extreme weather event occurs that may affect there ability to travel to site.
2 Scope
2.1 This policy is applicable to all employees of [company name].
3 General principles
3.1 [Company] acknowledges that employees may occasionally have problems travelling to and from work due to either severe weather conditions or major disruptions to public transport.
3.2 Whilst the Company is committed to protecting the health and safety of its employees, it must also ensure that its business is not unduly disrupted by external factors.
3.3 This policy therefore sets out the duties of employees to attend for work during severe weather conditions or where there are major disruptions to public transport and the relevant procedures for employees to follow, and the responsibilities of the Company.
3.4 Staff Contact Details
3.4.1 It is required that all staff supply information to the company HR Administrator to enable contact to be made outside of office hours in the event of an emergency. This information will normally consist of Name, Home Telephone number and if applicable a Mobile number.
It is the Employees responsibility to ensure that any updates to their contact details must be passed to the HR Administrator. [Company] will not be held responsible if contact cannot be made due to incorrect
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Employers have a duty of care to protect the health and safety of employees and it is important that employees are not encouraged to attempt to travel to work in dangerous weather.
Similarly, where weather has deteriorated significantly during the working day, an employer should consider allowing employees to leave early to ensure they get home safely.
Yes. This template has been designed for organisations of all sizes, including small businesses, charities and growing employers. It follows UK employment law best practice and can be adapted to suit your organisation.
Our templates are developed with UK employment legislation, Acas guidance and HR best practice in mind and are reviewed and updated as relevant requirements change. However, every employment situation is different, so the template should be adapted to the circumstances and checked against the employee's contract and your organisation's procedures before use.
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We appreciated the practical emphasis rather than just a list of principles. The document separated the key responsibilities from the supporting detail sensibly. It helped us tighten up a process that had previously been a little too dependent on individual judgement.
The wording was practical enough to work alongside the processes we already have. It was straightforward to explain to managers who were not HR specialists.
We were able to adapt the Adverse weather policy without losing its overall structure. We made a handful of changes for our own terminology and were then happy with the result. It helped turn something we had been handling informally into a clearer written arrangement.
How this content is developed and reviewed
The Adverse weather policy template is developed using a practical HR methodology that considers current UK employment legislation, ACAS guidance, CIPD good practice and the real-world HR process it supports. Templates and supporting information are regularly reviewed and updated, with additional reviews triggered by significant changes to legislation, guidance or established HR practice, helping ensure each document remains practical, relevant and suitable for UK employers.
Darryl Horn, Chartered HR Director
Darryl is a Chartered HR professional with over 25 years' experience in senior HR and employee relations roles.
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