Settlement Agreement are legally binding agreements in which the employee agrees not to pursue any claim they may have to an employment tribunal and in return the employer usually provides a severance payment. Notice, as outlined in the contract of employment, is usually included in the agreement and generally provides for a “payment in lieu”.
Read my Top Tips to the terms a settlement agreement should contain.
I receive many calls from employers who have invited an employee to a disciplinary meeting but are having some difficulty getting them to attend the meeting.
Read my Top Tips to three common situations: the companion is unavailable, your employee goes off sick and you’ve rearranged once and your employee still says they can’t attend.
The relationship between workers’ rights, their holiday and how those rights are affected by sickness absence has been a much debated subject in recent years. A particular issue has been to what extent a worker on long-term sick leave, who has been unable to take holiday due to sickness, is entitled to carry forward accrued but untaken holiday to the following leave year.
The primary purpose of using probationary periods is to provide a clear framework for assessing the suitability of new employees in terms of performance, behaviour and attendance against the standards you have set for the role.
This means when you use a probationary period you should clearly set out your standards and expectations from the very start so the new employee fully understands what you expect from them in terms of performance, behaviour and attendance and the consequences of failing to achieve those standards.
The recent hot weather has led to a lot of calls about how to deal with an employees body odour read my tips for handling an awkward HR conversation.
New trigger for collective redundancy consultation
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that the trigger for collective consultation is 20 or more redundancies across the employer’s business rather than by reference to each of the employer’s sites (or “establishments”).
The biggest change in Workplace Pensions Schemes history began in October 2012. Employers are now required, by law, to automatically enrol all eligible workers into a workplace pension and make a contribution to it. The deadline (Staging Date) for each company to adopt the new regulations depends upon size, with larger employers going first.
The case of Kefil v JJ Food Service Limited emphasises the importance of a final written warning when behaviour falls below the accepted standard
Council pays employee more than £500,000 for Disability Discrimination which arose from a false allegation of theft.
Co-workers can be greatly affected by the passing of a colleague, this article provides tips so you know How To Deal With The Death Of An Employee.
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