I am redrafting some family friendly policies and I naturally wrote "you" as I drafted it on presumption the main reader is the person who wants to take maternity (a manager might read it, just to understand their part). Researching other policies I saw that they always write "the employee", which I found a little more cold. Customer service documents always refer to "you". Is this a stylistic preference for greater clarity? Or is there a legal reason why they write "the employee"?
