Guide
Can Employers Suspend Staff Without Warning
Our guide explains the laws you must follow, along with whether you can dismiss a member of your team due to their poor conduct.
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How to Implement Effective Disciplinary Measures
In this guide, we'll discuss what a disciplinary is, why you should have procedures in place, and how to conduct the best practice in your business.
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Guide
What Are the Types of Disciplinary Actions?
Businesses often work hard to ensure their employees work effectively in the workplace. But sometimes an employee’s behaviour can interfere with this.
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Understanding the Disciplinary Procedure Process
In this guide, we'll look at what a disciplinary procedure is, what UK laws apply, and how to manage a fair procedure for such issues.
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Steps to Conduct a Disciplinary Hearing Effectively
In this guide, we'll look at what a disciplinary hearing is, UK laws on misconduct, and how to manage a disciplinary meeting appropriately.
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Steps to Take After a Work Suspension
In this guide, we'll look at what being suspended from work means, different reasons for it, and how to manage employee suspension.
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BHS boss to pay £56m for letting retailer fail
Dominic Chappell, former CEO of collapsed retail group BHS, has been ordered to pay £56m in compensation for wrongful trading
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Forklift truck injury sees company fined £30k
A forklift incident that hospitalised an employee has resulted in a £30,000 fine for a manufacturing company in Wolverhampton.
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Sky sports presenter Barry Cowan loses late IR35 appeal
Former tennis player and commentator Barry Cowan has lost second IR35 hearing with judge describing accountant's correspondence with HMRC as 'somewhat belligerent'
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Recycling company director sentenced after worker loses leg in machinery accident
The Director of a recycling company in Halifax has been given a community order after an incident where a worker’s leg was crushed by machinery
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830 directors banned for cheating on Covid loans
Nearly two thirds of all director bans last year were related to misconduct and fraud related to Covid loans although most avoided criminal prosecution
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Sexual Harassment - update to EHRC technical guidance now out for consultation
Ahead of the new preventative duty on employers taking effect from 26 October 2024, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has updated its technical guidance and put it out, in draft form, for consultation. The consultation will run until 6 August 2024, and we expect the finalised version of the technical guidance to be released in September 2024. Here, we look at what the new preventative duty is and what the draft technical guidance says.
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