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SUMMER HOLIDAYS | Should parents have priority for annual leave?

13th August 2018 No Comments

Allocating annual leave is a challenge, especially when dealing with requests from working parents. Imagine one of your employees, Max, finds the perfect package holiday

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EMPLOYER’S GUIDE | Contracts of Employment

1st August 2018 No Comments

Blog In order to save some money, employers may be tempted to download a free contract of employment or attempt to draft one themselves by

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Manufacturing | Accepting sick notes from abroad

9th July 2018 No Comments

Sickness absences are a headache for all employers. But if you have a diverse workforce some unexpected challenges arise. Imagine that an employee goes on

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Guide | Key things to know when hiring students

5th July 2018 No Comments

Thousands of students up and down the country will be finishing off their exams and waiting anxiously for their results to see if they got

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How to keep your workers safe in hot weather

2nd July 2018 No Comments

BLOG With the Met Office predicting that 2023 will be hotter than 2022, and one of the warmest years on record, there could be cause for concern

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Dealing with employees who don’t take holiday

7th June 2018 No Comments

There is a common assumption that employees take their full annual leave entitlement. However, numerous surveys over the years have shown that not all employees

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Maternity ‘pause clause’ deemed discriminatory

7th June 2018 No Comments

An Employment Tribunal concluded that an employee who went on maternity leave was discriminated against after her employer used a ‘pause clause’ in the training

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Does unlimited annual leave make good HR?

7th June 2018 No Comments

With companies like Virgin, Netflix and LinkedIn offering unlimited annual leave, the debate about whether it is a good HR practice rages on.    You

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How much maternity leave are new mothers entitled to?

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In a small business, managing maternity leave can be a challenge. You may feel at a loss on how you are going cope with the

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Supreme Court rules on notice of dismissal

27th April 2018 No Comments

If an employee is dismissed on written notice, when does the notice period start? Is it when the letter would have been delivered in the

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