Managing Employee Performance effectively will provide a happy and productive workforce that are fully engaged with your vision for the business and will create satisfied customers and increased profits.
Managing Employee Performance
Pre-election Reforms to Employment Law Come into Force
A number of pre-election reforms to Employment Law come into force today and should not slip under the radar for employers.
Companions at Discipline and Grievance Hearings
Parliament has approved amendments to the new Acas Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures.
The amended ACAS Code clarifies that the reference to a “reasonable” request applies to the making of the request not to the worker’s choice of companion.
Performance Review Process
The Performance Review Process is a vital tool to improve performance but is also useful for harnessing commitment from your employees. So, if you don’t have a Performance Review Process your employees are being held back and that could make the difference between the success and failure of your business!!!
Read my Top Tips to introducing a successful performance review process into your business.
Increases Announced to Statutory Adoption Leave and Pay
A new package of support for people who want to adopt, which includes a new right for adoptive parents to take time off work to meet the child they are set to adopt before the child moves in with them, and improvements to statutory adoption leave and pay will become a legal right from April 2015.
Government Introduce Cap on Back Dated Holiday Pay Claims
A limit on claims for deductions from pay to deductions which occurred in the 2 year period before the claim is filed will now cap back dated holiday pay claims
Disciplinary Investigations
Disciplinary Investigations. The ACAS Code of Practice made investigations critically important prior to a formal disciplinary hearing.
Fathers Entitled To Attend Ante Natal Appointments
From 1 October 2014 fathers and a pregnant woman’s partner will have a new right to attend ante natal appointments with the pregnant woman.
Shared Parental Leave
Shared parental leave applies in relation to babies due on or after 5 April 2015. The first women who will benefit from shared parental leave will shortly be informing their employers about their pregnancy and asking questions about the new right.
Read my overview of the key elements of this new regime,
Contract of Employment and Section 1 Statement
The contract of employment is created when your employee agrees to work for you, even though there may be nothing in writing.
