Employment

Q: How do I get employees to opt out of working a 48 hour week? You can ask employees to opt out for a certain period or indefinitely. It must be voluntary and in writing.  Refer to gov.uk [...]

Many employers may find they have people with mismatched skills in their workplace.  If so, this is probably damaging productivity and profitability within the business or charity. Many employers [...]

Risk assessments Where employees are part of a phased return to the workplace, you will need to consider detailed risk assessment to safeguard employee’s health and minimise the risk of [...]

As a result of the current Coronavirus situation you may be considering a restructure and possible redundancies.  One of the most important parts of organisational restructure is consultation [...]

Introduction: From 1 January 2021, free movement will end and the UK will introduce a points-based immigration system. The new system will treat EU and non-EU citizens equally and change the way [...]

The government is implementing legislation to allow small-and medium-sized employers to reclaim Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) paid for sickness absence due to COVID-19. The eligibility criteria for [...]

The small charities and social enterprises for whom I provide HR support often have questions around managing new employees in their probationary period. A probationary period is a trial period [...]

The government is introducing statutory parental bereavement leave and pay from 6 April 2020. Who is entitled to parental bereavement leave? Employed parents and adults with parental [...]

From 6 April 2020, every new employee and worker will have the right to a statement of written particulars (section 1 statement) from day one of working with you, rather than up to two months [...]

In my experience of providing HR support to small charities and social enterprises, the following activities are worth considering to improve your HR practice in 2019: Review your HR policies and [...]