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HR Professional - Managing persistent short-term sickness absence
Most employees will occasionally need a few days off because of illness and you must therefore tolerate a certain amount of sickness absence. However, what should you do when persistent short-term sickness absence reaches an unacceptable level?Click here -
News - Tackling poor timekeeping caused by new train timetables
New train timetables came into effect from 20 May 2018 affecting commuters travelling to work with Southern, Great Northern, Thameslink and Northern Rail. However, so far, the timetable changes have caused chaos for commuters, with extensive daily delays and cancellations. If any employees are now routinely arriving late to work as a result of the new timetables, what action can you take?Click here -
News - Here comes the summer - issues for employers
With the summer season now starting, there are a couple of summer employment issues that employers may find they need to tackle. What particular issues might arise in the next few months and how should you deal with them?Click here -
Tips & Advice Personnel - Long-term sickness absence and dismissal
The Court of Appeal has decided that an employee who was sacked following over a year’s sickness absence was unfairly dismissed. Does that mean you can’t ever dismiss employees who are on long-term sickness absence?Click here -
Tips & Advice Personnel - Persistent lateness justifies dismissal
The tribunal has ruled that an employee who was sacked due to their “persistent lateness” was fairly dismissed. What did the employer do in this case which ensured a successful outcome?Click here -
News - Minimising adverse weather disruption
Some media reports are predicting severe weather this winter. How can you keep the disruption to a minimum?Click here -
Tips & Advice Personnel - Prepare now for winter weather (and skivers)
We may be in for some tough weather conditions over the forthcoming winter months. As this could easily mean severe disruption for employers, what can you do now to prepare?Click here -
Tips & Advice Safe Employment Documents - Are you recording every absence?
When it comes to monitoring staff attendance, employers should record every single episode of absence, not just those instances which are sickness-related. So what have we done to help you?Click here -
News - Absence monitoring and recording on the increase
Employers are increasingly monitoring absence rates, so what’s the advantage?Click here -
Tips & Advice Safe Employment Documents - Q&A - sick (or not): can we withhold pay?
Q&A - sick (or not): can we withhold pay?.. Q. If an employee calls in sick but fails to provide medical evidence of incapacity, can we treat it as unauthorised absence and withhold pay? A. All employees can self-certify sickness absence for the first seven calendar days. As it’s unlikely that they’ll refuse to do this, it shouldn’t be a problem here. However, to be eligible for either Statutory Sick Pay, discretionary sick pay or occupational sick pay after seven calendar days of sickness absence,...Click here
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