People Management

Understanding the Concept of Garden Leave

In this guide, we'll discuss what garden leave is, employee rights during this type of leave, and the benefits it can bring.

Understanding Menstrual Leave

In this guide, we'll discuss what menstrual leave is, the benefits of offering it, as well as how you can create your own menstrual leave policy.

What is the Purpose of TOIL in Employment?

In this guide, we'll discuss what TOIL is, how it works, and the benefits it can bring to your business.

How to Manage Unpaid Leave in Your Company

In this guide, we'll discuss what unpaid leave is, the different types, and how to manage it successfully in your company.

What Are the Best Practices for Hiring Interns?

In this guide, we'll discuss interns, their employment status, as well as the laws around paid and unpaid internships.

Steps to Boost Workplace Productivity

Read our guide where we'll discuss the benefits of high workplace productivity, productivity techniques, and what makes a productive team.

Making the most of term time working

For working parents, individuals with commitments outside of work or disabilities, and those who simply enjoy having an extended break from working each year, term-time working can be an ideal option. Offering contracts of this type can also be advantageous for employers, especially those whose activities peak during times of the year that coincide with school terms. So, as schools are heading back for a new term, we take a look at the law on term-time contracts.

Too many people work on holiday to reduce stress

Even when on a much-needed holiday, two thirds of high earners cannot resist checking their emails when they are meant to be chilling out

Worker sickness causing huge rise in costs to businesses

The hidden annual cost of employee sickness is up £30 billion since 2018 according to a new report published by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)

Ask Kate: Can I make my employee take a holiday? Help!

This caller wanted advice about whether they could require their employee to take annual leave. So they asked Kate Palmer, Peninsula’s Employment Services Director, for expert advice.

Work and Pensions Secretary sets out details of Back to Work Plan

The new Work and Pensions Secretary, Liz Kendall, has confirmed the Government’s commitments to its manifesto Back to Work Plan arguing that it is critical to plans to secure sustained economic growth

Britain's biggest businesses are being urged to recruit prison leavers

Government has launched a national campaign to encourage Britain’s biggest businesses to recruit prison leavers in order to reduce re-offending and expand the economy

This employment law guide explores the basics of employee annual leave entitlement and offers guidance on how to avoid common pitfalls.

If you have never created a written warning letter for sickness absence before, there's no need to stress - Peninsula has a template you can download for free.

When employing younger workers, employers need to be aware that there are greater restrictions in place in order to provide young people with more protection in the workplace.

Flexible working has become more popular in recent years. With more ways of doing work remotely and recognition of the productivity and wellbeing benefits, have seen more employers offer it.

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.