A fair, year-round framework for objectives, one-to-ones, reviews, ratings and development – with clear links to pay and a firm line between development and capability.
People & HR
Performance and Development Review Policy
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A complete policy for running performance and development reviews (often called appraisals or PDRs). It sets out the annual cycle, who does what, how ratings work, how to avoid bias, how reviews link to pay and promotion, and when a concern should move to your capability or disciplinary procedure.
The document is laid out in the sections below. Each one comes with a plain-English guidance note explaining what it does and what to change.
Our templates are professionally structured starting points for UK businesses, not legal advice. For anything complex, unusual or high-value, have your final version checked by a solicitor.
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