Keeping in touch days
In line with legislation employers need to provide 10 keeping in touch days to employees who are on maternity leave. There is no obligation on the employees to take up the offer of all or any of the keeping in touch days, but if they do they are ...
Secondment
What is Secondment? Put simply, a secondment is the temporary loan of an employee. This covers a number of possible scenarios: Intra-company secondment: This is where an employee is asked to work in a different department for a set period...
Right to search
In some companies there will a requirement to conduct a search of employees. This process would normally form part of the employment contract and by signing the contract employees accept the stop and search requirements within a company. Co...
Maternity Leave
Irrespective of length of service or hours worked, employees are entitled to 26 weeks’ Ordinary Maternity leave and up to 26 weeks’ Additional Maternity Leave, making a total of 52 weeks. Employees also have the right to return t...
Long Term Sick
The management of long term sickness normally requires a more sensitive approach. Every case will be different and a number of factors need to be weighed up before coming to a decision on how to proceed. These include: The length of the e...
Pay in lieu of notice (PILON)
In some situations an employer may wish to provide pay in lieu of notice or PILON when an employee leaves a company. You can only look to provide PILON if you have a contractual clause to do so, otherwise employees are required to work their full...