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15th April 2016 10 Easy Steps To Becoming A More Effective Manager
If you are stepping into your shoes as a manager for the first time, or you are looking to improve your management skills, then the following advice could help you …
11th April 2016 Employers risk breach of holiday rights with contract wording
Some employees are set to suffer a breach of their annual leave rights as a result of the way that Easter bank holidays fall this year and next year. The …
11th April 2016 How to manage time off work to provide Court evidence
If an employee is required to give evidence as a witness in Court it is important to understand how that time off work should be accounted for. There are different …
19th March 2016 Leading by Example – Leadership in the 21st Century
Over the years that I have worked in HR, I’ve taken a number of courses, read a number of books, and have seen and utilised a number of tools that …
8th March 2016 Including new information in disciplinary proceedings
Following a disciplinary hearing, further negative information has come to light about the employee. According to the Employment Appeal Tribunal, can it be taken into account when determining the appropriate …
8th March 2016 Does a driving ban mean dismissal?
An employee asks to see you and tells you that they have been banned from driving after committing a criminal offence. Does a driving ban mean dismissal for them in …
8th March 2016 Monitoring Employee Communications, Where’s The Line?
The European Court of Human Rights recently ruled that an employer had not breached human rights law when monitoring employee communications. However, UK employers would be wrong to see this …
1st March 2016 Employers Will Have To Pay Commission As Part Of Holiday Pay
The decision was handed down in the long-running case of Lock v British Gas Trading Ltd, which was first brought to tribunal in April 2012. The case involves Mr Lock …
19th February 2016 Why you need to bother with probationary periods
Apparently, 88% of employers regret at least one recruitment decision they’ve made in the past twelve months. The main problems are because they (1) aren’t up to the job; (2) lack skills; …
2nd February 2016 The New National Living Wage
The Government’s New National Living Wage became law on 1 April 2016. If you’re an employer, you need to make sure you’re paying your staff correctly, as the National Living Wage will …
2nd February 2016 The 2016 to 2017 Statutory Rates
2016 to 2017 Statutory Rates Statutory parental payments and statutory sick pay are generally increased annually. However, there’s some good news on the 2016 to 2017 Statutory Rates for employers. …
18th January 2016 9 Tips to Improve Your Confidence When Communicating
Communication is an essential part of work and home life. Understanding how to be a good communicator can be an important productivity tool, one that’s frequently neglected. Poor communication can …
8th January 2016 Big Employment Law Issues For Smaller Employers in 2016
What SMEs should look out for in the coming year Employment continues to be a highly politicised issue and significant changes to the law governing it have been brought in …
4th January 2016 How to avoid disability discrimination in recruitment
A tribunal has ordered that an employer must pay an employee who was suffering from throat cancer over £115,000 in compensation. What did the employer do wrong? The case of …
4th January 2016 What you need to know about name blind recruitment
“Name blind” applications are being supported by various large employers such as the NHS, BBC and local government to overcome ethnic and gender bias. This in effect means that hiring …
4th January 2016 Managing employees’ social media use during sickness
An employee is off sick when a colleague approaches you and tells you that they have seen photos on social media of the employee at a music festival. The photos …
1st December 2015 Managing employees who choose not to take leave
The Working Time Regulations 1998 (WTR) states all employees have the right to statutory paid annual leave. If an employee works five days a week they are entitled to 5.6 …
18th November 2015 Modern Slavery Act 2015 – What are the implications?
From 1 October 2015 employers with an annual turnover of more than £36 Million will be required to produce and publish a slavery and trafficking statement each year. Here we ask …
11th November 2015 10 Reasons Why Companies May Need HR Support
HR Support Many companies struggle on without the aid of an HR Manager or any form of HR support at all despite the constant increase in employment law. However, HR …
6th November 2015 How To Calculate a Redundancy Payment In Lieu Of Notice
Where an employee is dismissed with a payment in lieu of notice, to calculate his or her length of service for the purposes of statutory redundancy pay, the employer should …
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