Employment

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 [...]

Varying contractual employment terms normally requires the employee’s agreement. You should treat variation of the contractual terms carefully as some changes may be considered to be a [...]

I always tell clients that working out employment status is more like painting a picture than ticking a checklist.   The employment status of people in an organisation and how it affects [...]