Every year brings with it some important new employment legislation for the employer to negotiate. Whether related to unfair dismissal,...
Sick pay
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More than four-fifths (81%) of employers provide sick pay above the statutory entitlement, according to research published by Unum and...
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Reforms to statutory sick pay (SSP) could cut the number of people moving onto employment support allowance (ESA) by 43%...
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Reading the reports over the last few weeks that trail the coalition Government’s plans for employment law reform, it’s tempting to feel sorry...
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Another outbreak of Swine flu has hit the UK, and is expected to hit employees and employers severely. With significant rise in the...
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Most of the Equality Act 2010 came into force on 1 October 2010 and employers need to make sure they...
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Any legal action against an NHS Trust’s plan to refuse annual pay rises to staff who have taken more than...
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From April 2010, the new electronic ‘Fit Note’ – which replaces the paper-based sick note – is being rolled out...
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For a limited time only, members of Personnel Today Plus can access this fictional case study from XpertHR setting out an...
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The relationship between sickness and holiday is a tricky one, following two recent European Court of Justice (ECJ) decisions (Stringer...
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Plans to allow employees to sign themselves off sick for up to two weeks at the height of the swine...
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Q Do employees have the right to be told if a colleague has swine flu, or flu symptoms?Employees do not...
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Q Can an employer insist that someone with swine flu symptoms comes to work?An employer will be in breach of...
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Q If an employee has a child at a nursery that is closed due to swine flu, must the employee...
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Q If an employee has flu symptoms, can the employer insist that he or she is tested for swine flu?Employers...