HR Policies and Procedures

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The BAS Human Resources team supports policy, procedures and culture issues and manage expectations of employees and research collaborators who work at UK polar facilities.

Guides

FAQs Human Resources (.pdf, 101KB)
FAQs British Antarctic Territory (BAT) Tax  (.pdf, 114KB)
Next of Kin – Information on Personal Communications (.pdf, 170KB)

Forms

Expenses claim form for non employees (electronic version with formulas) (.xls, 84KB)
Expenses claim form for non employees (printable version) (.xls, 46KB)
AEP guidelines for claiming Travel and Subsistence expenses (.pdf, 140KB)

Policies

BAS Code of Conduct Polar Regions (.pdf 107kb)
BAS Policy on Alcohol and Drugs (.pdf, 125KB)
NERC Grievance Policy (.pdf 43KB)
BAS Antarctic Employment Pool (AEP) Probation period policy  (.pdf, 60KB)
NERC Capability Policy (.pdf, 60KB)
NERC Discipline Policy (.pdf, 63KB)
BAS Telephone/Internet Usage and Monitoring at Work Policy (.pdf, 82KB)
BAS Policy on second consecutive winters for Antarctic contract (AEP) staff (.pdf, 22KB)