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7 employee handbooks ranging in date from the early 1970s to the late 1980s. These include:

A blue handbook entitled 'J Sainsbury Ltd Retail Staff Handbook', dated Nov 1972.

An orange handbook entitled 'The Sainsbury Recipe for Success: A report for staff on Sainsbury's trading year to March 1977', dated March 1977. This handbook reports on productivity, investment and profits.

An orange and white handbook entitled 'Sainsbury's Guide to Sickness Benefits', dated 1986. This handbook explains the implications of Company Sick Pay and Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) for Sainsbury's staff.

2 booklets with a tablet packet on the front(different colour on two leaflets) entitled 'Sainsbury's Too ill to work? A short guide for all employees on Sickness Self-Certification and the Provision of Company Sick pay', dated from around 1982. This handbook explains the procedure for claiming state sickness benefit from the Department of Health and Social Security (DHSS).

A white and green handbook entitled 'Employee Handbook Sainsbury's Retail', dated 1988. Includes photographs of staff in 1980s uniform.

Handbook displaying a illustration of the outside of J Sainsbury store entitled 'Employee Handbook Retail Division', dated June 1976.