What is a tribunal and how can they be avoided?
Employment tribunal’s deal with claims brought against employers by employees. Claims can typically relate to unfair and wrongful dismissals, discrimination, equal pay, and deductions from wages. When employment tribunals were…
Maternity leave – What are the current requirements?
When you take time off to have a baby you might be eligible for Statutory Maternity Leave and Statutory Maternity Pay. Below we have outlined what you could be entitled…
Why your new business needs HR
The obvious reason is to start as you mean to go on…. As a start-up, HR is often over looked. The pandemic has changed the way we work, and has…
Winter weather and work: five common employer queries
With winter weather on its way, we answer five common questions from employers on the workplace impact of severe weather conditions. 1.Do I have to pay employees who cannot get…
New guidance on ‘fire and rehire’
ACAS have released new best practice advice on promoting and maintaining good employee relations. The recommendation is to aim, to reach agreement with proposed contractual changes in order to avoid…
Employee entitlement to the Bank Holiday
In 2022, the May Spring Bank Holiday will be moved to Thursday 2nd June and an additional Bank Holiday on Friday 3rd June will create a four-day weekend to help…
Returning back to the workplace
With restrictions slowly easing, there are plenty of employers who will be looking to get their employees back to the workplace as soon as they can. But many of us…
How can HR help with Mental Health Awareness?
HR professionals are faced with a lot of tough situations during the course of their careers. One such challenge could be learning that an employee is struggling with mental health…