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HR Toolkit Section 4: Ongoing Employee Development

Sections

  1. Training Records
  2. Performance Appraisals

Employee training and development is not optional, it is essential.

A poorly trained workforce will lead to poor performance and ultimately cost your business money.

 

The following information will support employee training and development:

1. Training Records
2. Performance Appraisals

1. Training Records

Keeping an up to date record of employee’s training allows you to track their development requirements and ensure they stay in date with legal training requirements.

Acas provide template employee history forms that support you to record a range of employee information including training information, alternatively you can record training in a bespoke employee training record.

Other templates you may find useful:

Top Tip

Keep this information secure along with employee personal records.

Further information and resources

Acas website: Tools, Templates and Resources:
Employment history form

2. Performance Appraisals

The purpose of Performance Appraisals is to provide employees with feedback in terms of:

  • what they are doing well, and
  • areas that could be improved

in relation to meeting the requirements of their job role and standards of performance.

Performance appraisals, if done well, can improve employee motivation and productivity.  

The use of an appraisal template (link below) will support these conversations. 

Other templates you may find useful:

Top Tip

Give regular praise and constructive feedback, this will eliminate the element of surprise at the Performance Appraisal discussion. Keep records to support your feedback in relation to the employee’s performance.

Further information and resources

Acas website: Advisory Booklet Employee Appraisal

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