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Key workers

It may be as an employer that you have certain employees who you consider particularly important to the business or who would be particularly difficul...

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Lay off guide

If you don’t have enough tasks available, laying employees off work is an option your business can consider. The process is a short-term solution if ...

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Medical reports

An independent medical report can be requested by an employer when an employee is on sick leave to ascertain current symptoms, the severity and level ...

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Nicknames

Nicknames may seem like harmless fun and a part of traditional workplace banter. However, employers should beware. A nickname can represent a potentia...

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Parties

Many a budding career has been ruined by bad behaviour at the office party. Whilst you want people to have a good time, relax and enjoy themselves, as...

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Paternity Pay

Paternity leave payments from April 2013       Type of payment   Current rate (previous limit) Max. period ...

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Pregnancy

Employers have a duty to protect the health and safety of pregnant and new mothers whilst at work. This includes workers who could be pregnant as well...

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Promotion

When conducting a promotion process it is essential for the employer to behave fairly and to conduct a structured and transparent process. In a simila...

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Right to be accompanied

All workers have a statutory right be accompanied at a grievance or a disciplinary hearing by a fellow work colleague or a trade union official. This ...

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Selection

It’s important to remember when advertising vacancies that employment legislation still applies. Any advertisement for a position should give a fair a...

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Shortage of Work

There are times when, due to a shortage of work, the employer may need to introduce lay-offs or short-time working. These can be more attractive optio...

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Stress

Stress is a difficult issue for businesses to deal with and can be something of a catch-all for a range of medical and emotional issues.  The key is t...

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Terms and Conditions

The terms and conditions are the written particulars that define the essential elements of an employment contract or the relationship between an emplo...

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Tribunals

Employment tribunals came into being as industrial tribunals under the Industrial Training Act 1964. The tribunals are part of the UK Tribunals System...

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Varying Contracts

There may be times when it becomes essential for an employer to change the terms and conditions of an employee’s employment contract, or to change col...

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Wastage

Efficient stock management lowers costs and improves profitability for a company. As an employer it is important to minimise damage to or wastage of s...

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Windows

Window design and construction must be carefully considered wherever there is a risk that windows more than two metres above ground level may be opene...

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Working for a Competitor

As an employer little can be more galling than seeing a good employee in whom you have invested time and money leave to join a competitor. However the...

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Young persons

The legal responsibilities involved in the employment of people who are under 18 are different to those involved with employing adults. Employment law...

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Part-time working

There has always been a need for part-time workers in business, and there has always been a ready supply of applicants for part-time work. Typically, ...

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Paternity Leave

Gone are the days when new fathers would be expected to pop their head round the maternity ward door then go for a cigar in the pub. And the law has c...

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