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. […]
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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 […]
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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’ […]
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An employment contract is a legal relationship between an employer and an employee. The employer should check the employment status of the person they’re employing as it can affect what contract is needed. What an employer must provide in writing By law, an employer must provide anyone who’s classed as an employee with the terms of their […]
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, […]
The obvious answer to this question would be the “HR” Department or “People Function” but is it? If tomorrow, you decided to start up a company you most likely won’t have an HR department. You will most likely make most of the decisions of whom to hire and what to pay them. Giving the amount […]