It will never be possible to eliminate sickness absence entirely. However sickness absence can be controlled with clear policies and procedures. As an...
From an employment law perspective, this Act allows an individual to access any medical report which is, or has been, supplied by a medical practition...
Every incident causing injury should be considered for the potential for similar or more serious injuries, and measures should be put in place to prev...
Employers need to keep a record of every workplace accident that results in injury. It doesn’t matter whether the injured person is a direct worker, a...
The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (known as RIDDOR) require employers to report to the enforcing authorit...
Female employees have had maternity rights for many years but since 2003, fathers and adoptive parents have also had statutory rights to paternity lea...
It’s important to remember when advertising vacancies that employment legislation still applies. Any advertisement for a position should give a fair a...
As is the case with gender, religion, race, sexual orientation and disability, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnership and gender reas...
Agency and temporary staff working for a business are exposed to the same health and safety hazards as the businesses' own employees. Because managers...
Temporary staff taken on are, in the same way as permanent staff, entitled to annual leave so an employer must ensure that they are paid for accrued h...
The right to certain minimum wage benefits applies to specific agricultural workers within different parts of Great Britain. Agricultural workers ofte...
Consumption of alcohol during working hours can be a major area of concern for employers for several reasons. It can increase absenteeism and sickness...
Alcohol use and abuse constitute a real threat to the safety, health and welfare of people in the workplace; both to the abuser and other workers who ...
The need for an employer to offer alternative employment could arise in various situations. Sometimes it is possible to avoid redundancy dismissals by...
Under the Working Time Regulations all employees are entitled to annual leave. Full time workers have a statutory entitlement of at least 5.6 weeks’ p...
An employee has the right of appeal following disciplinary action, including dismissal, if they believe that the action taken against them is unreason...
Appraisals are an essential tool for an employer to monitor employees’ performance and improve the overall productivity of the business. Having a robu...
Asbestos is a potent cause of disease and cancer. The symptoms of ill-health do not normally become apparent until 10 to 20 years (sometimes longer) a...
Running a business is one thing; running a small business, where you are solely responsible for the company, is an entirely different matter. Small bu...
Until recently, there was a requirement that a discrimination complainant possessed one of the protected characteristics themselves. The Equality Act ...
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