Guides

The five-step process for managing staff sickness

ACAS recently updated its guidance around managing sickness absences at work. So, now is a good time to make sure you’re doing everything you can to help manage sickness in your workplace.

Your mid-year reminder: how to prevent a backlog of unused holiday

Midway through the year is around about the time when your employee’s annual leave consumption (or lack thereof) starts to smell like an end of year problem. And by then it’s too late when everyone’s left with a worrying number of holidays to splurge around Christmas…

Ask Kate: I think my employee might be pulling a sickie to enjoy the sun. Help!

This caller thought their employee might be faking sickness to make the most of the good weather. So, they asked Kate Palmer, Peninsula’s HR Advice and Consultancy Director, for expert advice.

This employment law guide explores the basics of shared parental leave and offers guidance on how to avoid common pitfalls.

Employees have a statutory right to take time off work to deal with emergencies involving a dependant. It is often mistaken for the right to take time off for any kind of emergency, however, it is not.

This employment law guide explores the basics of maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental & parental leave and time off for dependants and offers guidance on how to avoid common pitfalls.