- : Year 17, issue 10

 
Dismissal due to breakdown in trust and confidence Publication date: 17.02.2025
Article database » Discipline/grievances » Notice of SOSR or Statutory Bar Appeal Meeting
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has ruled that there was no alternative to dismissal for an employee who was dismissed due to an irretrievable breakdown in trust and confidence. How has this ruling resulted in changes to our some other substantial reason (SOSR) dismissal letter?
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Assessing the risks of sexual harassment Publication date: 17.02.2025
Article database » Discrimination » Harassment
As part of complying with your duty to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of staff in the course of their employment, you should conduct a sexual harassment risk assessment. Use our new form to assist. Why is this important?
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Dealing with an application for voluntary redundancy Publication date: 17.02.2025
Article database » Redundancy » Redundancy
Where you have provisionally accepted an employee’s application for voluntary redundancy and held a meeting to discuss it, it’s worth then seeking their explicit agreement to the voluntary redundancy terms. How does our new letter help?
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Obtaining external witness statement for internal grievance Publication date: 17.02.2025
Article database » Discipline/grievances » Grievance procedure
We have amended our External Witness Statement Request Letter so that you can now use it when conducting formal grievance investigations, as well as for disciplinary investigations. What have we added?
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Inability to work due to criminal or regulatory impediments Publication date: 17.02.2025
Article database » Contracts » Deductions from wages clause
An employment tribunal decision relating to deductions made from the wages of a professional footballer has given us an idea for a new clause to be included in employment contracts. In what circumstances might our new clause come in handy?
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Available vacancies on redundancy for maternity leavers Publication date: 17.02.2025
Article database » Redundancy » Redundancy policy
We have amended our Redundancy Policy following a ruling concerning your statutory obligation to offer a suitable available vacancy to an employee who is selected for redundancy whilst on maternity leave. What did the ruling say?
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Q&A - dismissal of maternity leave cover Publication date: 17.02.2025
Article database » Work & parents » Maternity leave/adoption leave curtailment notice
Q&A - dismissal of maternity leave cover..Q. If an employee gives due notice to return to work early from maternity leave, can we simply dismiss the employee that we recruited on a fixed-term contract to provide maternity leave cover? A. Check the terms of the fixed-term contract. Does it make clear that the fixed-term employee’s (X’s) employment...
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Q&A - redundancy payments for volunteers Publication date: 17.02.2025
Article database » Redundancy » Redundancy policy
Q&A - redundancy payments for volunteers..Q. We normally pay statutory redundancy payments on redundancy. Must we pay enhanced payments to redundancy volunteers? A. Not unless you have a contractual redundancy payments scheme which provides for enhanced payments, or a discretionary scheme has become a contractual right by custom and practice. However,...
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Early return from maternity leave Publication date: 17.02.2025
Article database » Work & parents » Maternity, paternity, adoption, parental
If an employee wishes to return to work before the end of their maternity leave, they must give notice which they can do using our new form. What notice is required?
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Misusing lifts can be fatal Publication date: 28.01.2019
Article database
The HSE has issued a reminder to control the keys used to access dangerous parts of lift shafts and which can override lift safety features. What kinds of problem can occur if keys are readily available to staff?
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