Are my employees entitled to the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee bank holiday? (There will be an additional bank holiday on Tuesday 5 June 2012 to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the usual late May bank holiday is being moved to … Continue reading
Pregnancy and maternity raise a number of issues within the workplace; ranging from the right to take time off for antenatal appointments to arrangements for returning to work. Here we provide employers with a straightforward checklist of the key points … Continue reading
Sunday working and employees’ religious beliefs A case worker and devout Christian resigned when asked to work on Sundays. However, the tribunal found that having the whole of Sunday off was not a core component of the Christian faith and … Continue reading
P3 People Management’s Natalie Lewis answers: “There are a few different issues here. Firstly, let’s look at managing requests for leave. You may find that a lot of staff want the same time off when major events/ceremonies are taking place. … Continue reading
Any sort of change can be disruptive, none more so than the threat of redundancies. However, good communications between management and employees can often help an organisation get through the process with the minimum of pain. Be aware that, although … Continue reading
Unfair dismissal re: redundancy pool The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that the employer’s decision to restrict a redundancy selection to one employee, when there were other employees doing the same job who could have been put in a redundancy … Continue reading
A contract of employment can exist regardless of whether anything has been put in writing, as a contract comes into force as soon as there has been an offer of employment and an unconditional acceptance of that offer. Nonetheless, the … Continue reading
Timetable of changes New award limits come into force – 1 February 2012 Forthcoming changes include increases to the limits on certain employment tribunal awards and other amounts payable under employment legislation: the maximum unfair dismissal compensatory award rises from … Continue reading
Persona’s Charlotte Gallagher responds: “This is a question which we are being asked more and more by clients. Some of them are preparing for sale, or applying for new funding, whilst others are simply looking to ensure they have the … Continue reading
Subject to Parliamentary approval, the Default Retirement Age (DRA) is being phased out over a transitional period running until 30 September 2011. Details will be set out in Regulations coming into force on 6 April 2011. The last day employees … Continue reading
