Statutory Sick Pay, Maternity Pay and Paternity Pay Statutory Sick Pay (SSP), Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP) are important regulations to understand as they enforce minimum legal requirements on employers. Each operates in a different way. This article sets out the main principles of the regulations and what an employer needs to consider.
Dismissal Procedures - Advice on Employee Dismissal Procedures. Dismissal Procedures - there have been many changes to employment law and regulations in the last few years. A key area is the freedom or lack of freedom to dismiss an employee. An employee's employment can be terminated at any time but unless the dismissal is fair the employer may be found guilty of unfair dismissal by an Employment Tribunal. The article sets out the main principles involved concerning the dismissal of employees.
Recruitment Procedures - A Guide to the Recruitment of Employees. In this article we set out the main principles involved in the recruitment of employees. We have written this article in an accessible and understandable way but some of the issues may be very complicated.
Redundancy Procedures - A guide to Redundancy There have been many changes to employment law and regulations in the last few years. A key area is the freedom or lack of freedom to make an individual redundant.
Health and Safety - Ensuring you are compliant. It is very likely that owners and managers of many smaller businesses are not aware of just how demanding health and safety regulations can be. We provide an overview of these below and highlight some practical tips and processes on how your business can remain (or become!) compliant.
Age Discrimination - A Guide to Age Discrimination On 1 October 2006, the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006, one of the most far reaching pieces of legislation this century came into force to prevent discrimination against workers, employees, job seekers and trainees on the basis of their age.
Annual Leave Under the Working Time Regulations 1998 workers are entitled to paid statutory annual leave and prior to 1 October 2007 a worker was entitled to 4 weeks’ statutory paid leave. As a result of amended regulations statutory paid leave was increased to 4.8 weeks annually (or 24 days for an employee working 5 days per week) from 1 October 2007 and increased to 5.6 weeks from 1 April 2009.
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