Dealing With Trauma at Work
Alan Kitto
A serious accident or worse, a death in the workplace would be most employer’s worst nightmare and yet most employers don’t plan for how to deal with these eventualities should they happen.
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With the National Minimum Wage (NMW) now almost fifteen years old, and with another increase pending on 1st April 2017 HMRC have issued a list of the most elaborate excuses they've been given by employers for not paying the appropriate rates:
Providing Employees With Support in the Workplace
Alan Kitto
With ever-increasing pressures on our lives, trying to balance the competing demands of our work, personal and family lives can be very difficult, frustrating, time-consuming and even expensive. Help is available via an Employee Assistance Programme …
Read MoreEmployment Law Update
Alan Kitto
Our April 2019 Employment Law Update summarises the changes to employment law, including changes to the National Minimum and Living Wage and statutory rates that take effect from the beginning of April 2019.
Read MoreThe Menopause at Work
Alan Kitto
Women over the age of 50 are now one of the fastest growing segments of the workforce, and most will go through the menopause during their working lives; sadly many won’t be able to meet their full potential unless they get the right support from their employer …
Read MoreModern Slavery: Spotting the Signs
Alan Kitto
Modern slavery is real and is happening all around us. We can all play a part in stamping out exploitation by knowing what to look out for and reporting any concerns to the Modern Slavery Helpline.
Read MoreA Guide to Fit-Notes
Alan Kitto
When presented with a Fit-Note by an employee, keep the following things in mind …
Read MoreManaging Beyond Stereotypes
Alan Kitto
We recently came across an article entitled ‘How Millennials want to Live and Work’. It’s key findings were that there are six functional changes that ‘Millennials’ now want. These are ….
Read MoreAge Discrimination - New ACAS Guidelines and Myth-Busting
Alan Kitto
Age discrimination, apart from in very limited circumstances, is unlawful. It will create problems and upset within an organisation. In many cases, employers unintentionally discriminate because they are unfamiliar with the law.
Read MoreEU National Employees and BREXIT
Alan Kitto
EU nationals will be able to continue to live and work in the UK after 29th March 2019 but will need to apply for settled status if they wish to remain living and working in the UK after 30th June 2021.
Read MoreCrisis at Christmas Donation
Alan Kitto
As we have in previous years, rather than sending gifts or cards to our customers this Christmas, we’ve made a donation to the Crisis at Christmas appeal to make sure that ten homeless people all receive from us ….
Read MoreGay Cakes and Vegans
Alan Kitto
Earlier this year, the Supreme Court unanimously reversed the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal’s decision in what is being reported in the press as the ‘gay cake’ case.
Read MoreEmployment Tribunal Update
Alan Kitto
The minutes of the most recent Employment Tribunals User Group meeting show that the most recent ET statistics show 165% increase in single claims, not quite back to the pre-tribunal fee levels but approaching that level.
Read MoreImproving Employee Retention
Alan Kitto
Experience tells us that higher than desired staff turnover levels stem from failures in one or more of the following activities …
Read MoreOctober 2018 - National Living/Minimum Wage Increases
Alan Kitto
As I am sure you will have seen in yesterday’s Budget, from April 2019, the National Living Wage will rise from its current rate of £7.83 per hour to £8.21 per hour for workers aged 25 and over; this represents an above inflation rise of 4.9%.
Read MoreTime Limits in Employment Tribunal Claims
Alan Kitto
Earlier this year, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) gave some much needed guidance as to the correct interpretation of two new clauses in the Employment Rights Act 1996, that relate to how the time limit for filing an Employment Tribunal claim is extended following the introduction of the requirement for an ACAS early conciliation to take place ahead of any such claim.
Read MoreNo to Ambiguity and Yes to Common Sense
Alan Kitto
A recent Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decision gave HR practitioners an important reminder of the dangers of ambiguity. There was perhaps a second lesson too, one of needing to apply common sense.
Read MoreSome Other Substantial Reason or SOSR Dismissals
Alan Kitto
Some Other Substantial Reason or SOSR is something of a catch-all, and covers dismissals that are not within the scope of the other four potentially fair reasons (disciplinary, capability, redundancy, resignation).
Read MoreDBS Checks and GDPR
Alan Kitto
A number of companies have contacted us recently to clarify when Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks can be carried by employers on their employees and when they can't …
Read MoreNamed and Shamed For Not Paying the National Minimum Wage
Alan Kitto
The UK Government has published the names of 239 companies this week that have collectively failed to pay 22,400 workers the National Minimum Wage (NMW). Three household names were included in the list …
Read MoreThe Top Ten Reasons Employees Have Been Dismissed in 2018, So Far ...
Alan Kitto
Have you had to dismiss an employee for falling asleep while at work or dismiss someone for taking to many toilet breaks?
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