How are Unfair Dismissal Claims Changing?
The Employment Rights Bill 2024 will drastically change the rights employees have from the start of their tenure. This includes the right to claim unfair dismissal as a day one [...]
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10, 2024
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12, 2019
Key points from the proposed Good Work Plan – April 2020
The Good Work Plan is one of those pieces of legislation that has been lost in the noise of elections and the ongoing Brexit debate, but it does have a [...]
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12, 2019
Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay comes in to effect April 2020
This proposed change in the law can be seen as a common sense change by most employers. Whilst not confirmed, it is likely that by April 2020 it will be [...]
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09, 2018
Heads Up – Employment Law Changes in 2019
Here is the timetable for proposed employment law changes that due to come in to force in 2019, some of these you wont be aware of but may need to [...]
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07, 2016
Managing long term sickness
Long-term sickness is difficult to handle. Everyone is susceptible to illness, and dismissals where no fault is involved are always difficult. Employees who have been away from work on long-term [...]
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07, 2016
Handling Grievances – Appeals
If an employee informs the employer that they are unhappy with the decision after a grievance meeting, the employer should arrange an appeal. As far as reasonably practicable the appeal [...]
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07, 2016
Disciplinaries at Work – Investigations
An investigation is a fact-finding exercise to collect all the relevant information on a matter. A properly conducted investigation can enable an employer to fully consider the matter and then [...]
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07, 2016
Disciplinaries at Work – General
There are two main areas where a disciplinary system may be used: ipdapability/performance and conduct. Capability/performance Capability issues may arise because an employee doesn't have adequate training, or is just [...]