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Managing Maternity: Health and Safety in the Workplace

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The law says an employer must do a health and safety risk assessment for all women of child-bearing age. These include:  a pregnant employee and the unborn child she is carrying an employee who’s become a new mother in the last 6 months an employee who’s breastfeeding You can do a single assessment covering your […]

Managing Maternity: Avoiding discrimination

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Discrimination because of pregnancy or maternity You must not show discrimination against someone you employ, or are considering employing, because of: their pregnancy an illness related to their pregnancy, including related time off  maternity pay or leave they take, or plan to take The law applies regardless of how long the person has been employed. […]

Managing Maternity: How and when an employee must tell you they are pregnant?

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Rules for pregnant employees By law, anyone classed as an employee must tell you: that they’re pregnant the expected week of the birth – to confirm this you can ask for a medical certificate, such as a ‘MAT B1’ form if they’re more than 20 weeks pregnant the date they want to start maternity leave – the earliest it […]

What happens if you don’t pay the National Minimum Wage?

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It’s against the law to pay below the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage or to falsify pay records. Investigation by HMRC Anyone can report an employer to HMRC (HM Revenue & Customs) for not paying the minimum wage. The initial report can be anonymous. If HMRC finds that an employer has not paid […]

Do I have to pay overtime to my employees?

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Some employers choose to offer pay to employees for working more hours than the employment contract says. Although some employers offer overtime pay, there’s no automatic legal right to it. Any rules, such as how much it is, must be written in the employment contract or agreed verbally. What some employers might offer Some employers might offer: […]

Reclaim money owed by an employee

reclaim money owed by employees

You have the right to reclaim from an employee’s pay if: the employment contract specifically allows it it’s been agreed in writing beforehand you’ve overpaid them by mistake it’s required by law – for example Income Tax or a court order they missed work to be on strike or take industrial action For example, you can […]

How to manage a flexible working request appeal?

It’s a good idea to listen to an appeal if your employee: has information that was missed or not available when you made the decision feels you did not follow your workplace’s policy or the Acas Code of Practice on flexible working requests There’s no legal right for an employee to appeal a flexible working request. […]

How to respond to a flexible working request

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Some employees will have a legal (‘statutory’) right to ask for a change to their contract with a ‘flexible working request’. For example, they might ask to: reduce their hours to work part-time change their start and finish time have flexibility with their start and finish times (sometimes known as ‘flexitime’) do their hours over […]

Can you change an employees contract?

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If a proposed change is covered by the employment contract, the employer can bring in the changes. Check if there’s anything in the contract that says the employer can amend (‘vary’) specific terms of employment, for example: hours or days worked rates of pay the place of work Legally this is known as a ‘flexibility clause’ […]

5 Ways to Boost Employee Retention

5 Ways to Boost Employee Retention, Illustrated by Top Businesses Main organisations across the globe make employee retention a business priority. Apart from long-term techniques, they have also put in place specific ideas which have assisted in enhancing retention. The following are five illustrations to inspire you. 1. Design a progression track for every field, […]