Latest Q & A
Promoting staff
If an employee is undertaking responsibility over and above her contract, i.e. deputising into a more senior role, at what point, if at all, does the employee have the right to be offered the position on a permanent basis or be paid for deputising?
Terminating a contract
We use a self-employed cleaner who comes in three-four hours during office hours on a Friday. This is no longer suitable and we have an alternative company ready to deal with it. What, if anything, do we need to be aware of before terminating the existing cleaner’s services?
Advertising for staff
Can employers put a ceiling of 50 years of age when advertising for staff?
Breaching employment contracts
If my employer took me on for a permanent role, knowing that a few months later the site would be closing and my role would be redundant, have they breached my employment contract?
Calculating holiday allowances for part-time staff
I would like to know how to calculate holidays, including Bank Holidays for part-time employees.
Employment law 'wage deductions'
If an employee breaks a pane of glass worth £40, can I take that out of their wages?
How much do I pay my staff?
I am starting up a hairdressing business and would like to know how to work out how much to pay my staff?
What rights do temporary staff have?
What rights do temporary staff have?
Employers paying for prescription spectacles
Are UK small business employers obligated to pay for prescription spectacles for staff for use with computers if it has been deemed necessary by an optician?
Advertise jobs internally or externally?
If a position of employment becomes available, does it have to be advertised or offered internally first?
Paying holiday pay
As a Limited Company I have been working for a company who have been my main client for the past eight years. Are they legally obliged to pay me holiday pay? If so how much?
Job specifications
I am starting a small construction firm with about five employees. As the employer, do I have to supply transport for employees to get to the work place?
Cutting staff hours
We have just bought a small shop and Post Office, the shop employs three staff members, which we have inherited. The owners previous to us were not in good health, which is why they had more staff than we actually need and more than the business can sustain. Is there any way we could cut their hours by law, or to even get rid of them altogether? None of them have a written contract and all of them are 60+ in age.
Discussing a staff member’s body odour
How do I go about discussing a staff member’s bad body odour?
Devise a human resources plan
I need to devise a human resources plan and am wondering if you could please define these terms please - job analysis and personal specification.
