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Can I sack someone who is off sick?
Can I sack someone who is off sick? The simple answer is, yes, but please be careful! Dismissing employees who are off sick is a tricky maze to navigate, with many potential headaches. However, it is definitely possible to sack an employee who is off sick. ...
Do I need to tell an employee why they are being sacked?
Do I need to tell an employee why they are being sacked? The simple answer is, yes, you do need to tell an employee why they are being sacked. Regardless of whether you have a long service employee or not, explaining why someone is being dismissed helps to...
An employer’s guide to managing staff absences in retail & the FRA
Managing Staff Absences in Retail This blog focuses on an employer's guide to managing staff absences in retail. There is no noise worse than sniffing and nose blowing, but, in the midst of cold and flu season, both are inevitable. Of course, cold and flu season...
An employer’s guide to ‘The Great Resignation’
The Great Resignation Three-quarters of the workforce want to leave their jobs in 2022, also known as ‘The Great Resignation’. CV Library, the UK’s leading independent job board, surveyed a random selection of participants suggesting that a huge 76.4% of the UK...
Can I sack a pregnant employee?
Can I sack a pregnant employee? The simple answer is, yes. There is a strong misconception that you are unable to sack an employee who is pregnant but you are in fact entitled to dismiss as long as you are not sacking them because of the pregnancy or...
Why Equality and Diversity Training is important
Equality & Diversity Training is important. Equality & Diversity Training is important in enabling your business protection from any vicarious liability claim. In essence, being able to move the blame away from the business, to the employee (who will also...
Who pays for the work Christmas party?
When considering the work christmas party it would be easy to fall into a spiral of rulemaking and declaring fun absorbing dictats of course, not to control the fun or quell the festive spirit, but rather to try and prevent any HR headaches throughout the festivities and into the New Year to ensure everyone has a good time.
Calculating annual leave in 2022
This blog focuses on calculating annual leave in 2022, as the cold nights draw in many people will be thinking about when they can jet off to sunnier climes or where they may go on their staycation.
Absence management and why it’s important
An employment relationship is usually terminated in one of two ways: a resignation or a dismissal. We explain both below but the purpose of this blog is to examine what happens when an employer says “resign or be dismissed” or tries to force a resignation from an employee.