Supporting breastfeeding employees
Publication date: 04.05.2025
Article database » Work & parents » Breastfeeding arrangements letter
Use our new Breastfeeding Policy to set out the support and adjustments that may be available to employees who have returned from maternity leave and wish to breastfeed or express milk during working
hours. What does the law say?
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Employment history on job application forms
Publication date: 04.05.2025
Article database » Recruitment » Application form
Following a 2025 Employment Appeal Tribunal ruling that an employee was fairly dismissed for concealing some of his employment history on his job application, we have updated our Application Form.
How have we changed it?
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Starting a redundancy consultation process
Publication date: 04.05.2025
Article database » Redundancy » Redundancy policy
Although there is no specific legal requirement to start a small-scale redundancy consultation process with a general staff meeting, it can be good practice to do so in many cases. What matters
should you cover in this initial meeting?
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Keeping candidates informed about recruitment progress
Publication date: 04.05.2025
Article database » Recruitment » Interview and rejection letters
We have updated some of our recruitment letters to give more information about the progress of both the general recruitment process for a role and the candidate’s particular job application for that
role. Which letters have we amended and why?
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Postponed performance management appeal meeting
Publication date: 04.05.2025
Article database » Discipline/grievances » Performance review meeting
Where an employee appeals against a performance management sanction and you have arranged an appeal meeting, use our new letter if that appeal meeting then needs to be postponed. When could you use
it?
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Q&A - alternative employment on redundancy
Publication date: 04.05.2025
Article database » Redundancy » Offer of alternative work
Q&A - alternative employment on redundancy..Q. I understand that, as part of a fair redundancy process, we should consider an employee for any available alternative employment. Does that
alternative employment have to be “suitable” ? A. As you have correctly stated, you must make reasonable efforts to find and offer a redundant employee alternative...
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Q&A - recovery of statutory neonatal care pay
Publication date: 04.05.2025
Article database » Work & parents » Neonatal leave and pay
Q&A - recovery of statutory neonatal care pay..Q. Are we able to recover statutory neonatal care pay (SNCP) in the same way that we can currently recover statutory maternity pay and other similar
family-related statutory payments? A. All employers are entitled to recover 92% of an employee’s SNCP. If your business qualifies for small employers’...
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Manual right to work check documents
Publication date: 04.05.2025
Article database » Recruitment » Right to work checklist
The list of acceptable documents for manual right to work checks has now been updated. How have we changed our Preventing Illegal Working Letter?
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Following up on notice to take tier one neonatal care leave
Publication date: 04.05.2025
Article database » Work & parents » Neonatal leave and pay
Where an employee has given you informal notice of their intention to take neonatal care leave during the tier one period, follow this up by sending them our new letter. What have we included?
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Will hands-free mobiles be banned?
Publication date: 30.09.2019
Article database
According to press reports, the ban on using a mobile phone while driving may soon be extended to hands-free devices. Is this true?
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