FAQs

Employers often want to harmonise terms and conditions if they inherit employees as a result of a TUPE transfer. Are...

E-cigarettes and smoking policies were on employers’ minds last month, with the first tribunal decision involving disciplinary action for using...

Parts of the Fit for Work service, the government-funded occupational health advice service, are now in operation, with the rest...

How far do employers have to go when making reasonable adjustments...

Predictably, the most popular questions in November related to the Shared Parental Leave Regulations 2014, which came into force on...

Employers have a duty to arrange an eye test for employees who use display screen equipment as part of their...

A new right for fathers and partners to take time off to attend antenatal appointments came in on 1 October...

If an employer pays enhanced maternity pay, must it also enhance pay to employees on shared parental leave? This seems...

Employers were getting to grips with various changes to family-friendly workplace rights last month.

With hindsight, perhaps “How should employers deal with large numbers of employees wanting to cancel holiday booked to watch the England v Costa Rica match?” would have been a ...

How much information about transferring employees must an employer give to the new employer in a TUPE transfer situation? Questions...

Employers’ questions on the Acas early conciliation process, which was introduced on 6 April 2014, were the most popular FAQs...

What should an employer do in response to the common scenario of an employee resigning in the face of disciplinary...

In a new regular column, we bring you the most popular frequently asked questions on XpertHR. Last month, employers were...