HR forms and processes

Managers wishing to appoint staff on a casual/timesheet contract need to complete a right to work check and email hospitalityhr@kent.ac.uk with the name, proposed start date and email address of the applicant. HR will then issue a contract via docusign however the applicant cannot start work until the manager has received confirmation from HR.

A casual leaver form should be completed for all casual staff as soon as they indicate they are leaving. When staff leave without notification, a form must be completed retrospectively. The form should be returned to HR in TW to ensure that HR systems are kept up to date and that the P45 is sent to the correct address.

Stonefish is the University's e-recruitment system. It is used to manage the recruitment of staff and manage University vacancies offering a more intuitive interface for you. Stonefish also helps automate more of the process, removing the need for manual forms and is now a central source for information regarding recruitment at Kent.

A number of guides have been produced to help you use Stonefish:

• Accessing stonefish
• Authorisation form
• Approval process
• Shortlisting
• Interviews - panel packs
• Interviews - decisions and offer
• How to find a post number

 

We will be available to coach and take you through how to use the system. If you have any questions, please contact Kay Disturnal at k.e.disturnal@kent.ac.uk or ext. 7275

Family friendly practices include:

An Application Form - Maternity Leave and Pay must be completed by the expectant mother once she has agreed the expected date she wishes her maternity leave to commence. Please read the Maternity Leave and Pay – Guide for Staff to help you complete this form. If you require any advice please do not hesitate to contact Sarah Williams in Tanglewood.

A Keeping in Touch (KIT) form must be completed when you agree to undertake up to 10 days of work during your maternity leave, for which you will be paid in arrears. Keeping in touch days are optional.

A paternity leave form must be completed by the expectant father and should also include a copy of his partner’s MATB1. Please read the section on Paternity Leave on the Central HR web page before completing the paternity leave form. A copy of the employee's partner's MATB1 should be attached to the form.

An employee may apply for shared parental leave if they meet the eligibility criteria. Please read the guide before completing the relevant form.

The post/change of contract form must be used when requesting a change of contracted hours, a change of post (costing change) and/or acting responsibility pay for a member of staff. Any increase or reduction in hours must be authorised by your head of department. Consideration should be given to the date that you wish the amended hours to start from as a variation to contract will need to be produced by HR and signed by the staff member.

Staff Connect new post/post amendment pro-forma: This form is used, by the Line Manager, to request a new post in your department or to request changes to the detail(s) held at post holding level for an existing post. Examples of changes may include changes to the job title, changes to the reporting lines, changes to the hours held at post level (these may not be the actual hours the post holder works). Once completed please email it to hospitalityhr@kent.ac.uk HR will then pass your request to the Systems Team to process so please allow at least a week.

Where an appointment is needed with the Occupational Health Advisors, an online management referral form must be completed and then signed by the member of staff and the manager making the referral. In the “Address for report” section of (g) Manager’s Statement, please add “cc Sarah Williams, HR”.

The leaver form must be completed when you are informed that a substantive member of staff is leaving. It ensures that final pay is calculated correctly and must be returned to the HR team in Tanglewood.

Annual leave is requested via an employee's Staff Connect account. Entitlements are recorded in hours.

A sickness absence record on Staff Connect should be initiated by the employee's line manager when the employee first reports their absence. The sickness absence record should be closed when the employee returns to work. The line manager should scan and upload to the employee's record any FIT notes, ensuring they run continuously. The line manager should input date of the return to work. The Return to Work Interview Form which needs to be submitted on Staff Connect can be accessed from the University's Human Resourses website.

Other leave, (with the exception of those absences listed in previous tabs), is input by the employee's line manager, on the employee's Staff Connect record. Human Resources should be contacted for guidance as necessary.

Please see the Staff Connect Information website for further information on any of the above.