Recovering overpayments post-employment
Publication date: 11.05.2015
Article database » Miscellaneous » Overpayment of wages letter for ex-employee
Should you discover an accidental overpayment of wages after an employee has left, you can still ask them for reimbursement. How can this be done and what if your former employee ignores the polite
request?
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Q&A - pay disclosures and victimisation
Publication date: 11.05.2015
Article database » Contracts » Confidentiality clause
Q&A - pay disclosures and victimisation..Q. What acts are protected by the victimisation provisions in the Equality Act 2010 in relation to making relevant pay disclosures? A. Under s.77 of the
Equality Act 2010 , the following are all classed as protected acts for the purposes of the victimisation provisions: seeking a relevant pay disclosure making...
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Temporary workers: let’s be clear
Publication date: 11.05.2015
Article database » Recruitment » Instruction to supply temporary worker
If you need to use a temporary worker - either on a one off or routine basis - you should always set out certain matters in writing to the business that will be supplying them. How can you do this
quickly and easily?
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Buying and selling holiday: it’s an added perk
Publication date: 11.05.2015
Article database » Non-contractual policies and procedures » Buying and selling holiday policy
Legally, you don’t have to buy back any unused annual leave and neither are you obliged to let an employee purchase additional holiday. However, if you want to offer these two perks, what must you
always have in place?
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Pay secrecy is covered
Publication date: 11.05.2015
Article database » Contracts » Confidentiality clause
We’ve added a new paragraph to our Confidentiality Clause that specifically relates to pay secrecy. To what extent can you prohibit your employees from telling each other how much they are paid
and/or the size of bonus received?
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Bonus payments and disability discrimination
Publication date: 11.05.2015
Article database » Contracts » Bonus payment clause
An employer’s bonus scheme, which excluded any employees who had been formally warned about their sickness absence, has been found to be discriminatory. How does this ruling affect our Bonus Payment
Clause?
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New drug driving rules: are they fit to drive?
Publication date: 11.05.2015
Article database » Company rules » Driving whilst on company-related business policy
New drug driving legislation has been introduced in England and Wales which has made it necessary to update our Driving Whilst on Company-Related Business Policy. What have we done to it?
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Be wary of the Internet shopper
Publication date: 21.06.2013
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Be wary of the Internet shopper.. Stacking up. The rise of Internet shopping has led to an increase in parcel deliveries to the workplace - employees often choose to have them delivered to their
office address. However, not everything is making it home. In many instances, the packaging is being put into the office bins. This means that what should be...
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Biomass funding uncertainty
Publication date: 21.06.2013
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If you’re running a biomass electricity project, it will need to go through a government notification process to see if it qualifies for long-term subsidies. Are you affected, what can you expect and
what might be the likely outcome?
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Air pollution limits breached in cities
Publication date: 21.06.2013
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Air pollution limits breached in cities.. What’s the situation? In June the Supreme Court ruled that the government had failed in its efforts to meet EU air pollution limits. The result is that the
government will have to take action to reduce air pollution or face significant fines. What will happen? Vehicle drivers look set to pay the penalty. Although...
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