Many employers will have been affected by the severe storms over recent weeks. The top FAQ on XpertHR in December deals with payment for employees who are unable to get to work.
Other popular FAQs deal with two of the new legal duties that employers will face in 2016, namely modern slavery statements and the national living wage, and the usual HR concerns relating to annual leave, TUPE, disciplinary proceedings and redundancy.
The top 10 HR questions in December 2015 were:
2. Which employers are required to publish a slavery and human trafficking statement?
4. How should an employer compute a week’s pay in relation to an employee’s holiday pay entitlement?
5. Can an employee take annual leave while on long-term sickness absence?
6. What is the national living wage?
9. What is the minimum statutory provision for paid holiday?