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On Call Time

Hi everyone,

I've just read this from People Management, looks like it was posted today

Does being on-call count as ‘working time’…

Started by Jacquie Berey in Employment Law

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Discrimination within recruitment

Last week I applied for a job via a Recruiter. They rang me on Tuesday and we had a discussion about the role and my experience, I also mentioned my personal situation that I had taken time out of work to care for my daughter, I then received a…

Started by Paul Strickland in Employment Law

1 Reply · Reply by Sarah Loates Apr 15

EAT decision on shared parental pay - hot off the press

So this is a topic that often comes up in DER and when discussing family friendly policies.

The EAT's most recent decision is below, courtesy of Practical Employment Law (PLC):

Capita Customer Management Ltd v Ali and another…

Started by Sarah Loates in Employment Law

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Extra holiday for not taking sick days

Someone where I work has suggested we give an extra days holiday to people who don’t take time off sick for that year.

Personally I thing this is a terrible idea but is there a legal basis that I can use to object (ie…

Started by Connie Sargent in Reward & Recognition, Employment Law, and Workplace Matters

4 Replies · Reply by Connie Sargent on Tuesday

Transition from Weekly to Monthly Pay

Good morning!

I work for a family run business with 230 employees. Senior management have requested that we look at the transition from weekly to monthly pay.

At the moment the majoirty of employees are hourly paid and we have a few…

Started by Louisa Edwards in Change Management and Employment Law

2 Replies · Reply by Sarah Loates Mar 22

Guessing ethnicity based on name

Hi all

Recently, I was asked by a senior member of staff to guess the number of ethnic minorities we have in the business based on employee names.

I was really uncomfortable with this request and refused to do it, but the business…

Started by Sarah Wilson in HR Policy, Employment Law, and Workplace Matters

3 Replies · Reply by Chrissy Allen Mar 6

Breakfast news - an HR smorgasbord?

So making breakfast today and listening to the radio for a brief period and I felt I had been teleported into an employee relations workshop!

So first up we have a discussion on employment status, and the government response to the Taylor…

Started by Sarah Loates in Employment Law

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Changing to a salary sacrifice (salary exchange) pension plan

Hi all - Happy Friday :)

I have recently been discussing pensions with my colleague who manages employee benefits and we are considering moving our pension scheme from a defined benefit to a salary sacrifice scheme. We understand the…

Started by Leanne Day in Reward & Recognition and Employment Law

4 Replies · Reply by Sarah Loates Jan 28

Change to Contract Advice Needed- Commission Structure

Hello everybody. First time I have created a discussion but I just need some help at work and hope you can help!

We currently have a situation where we have amended a sales team (2 people) commission structure because it had been deemed a…

Started by Faye Drage in Employment Law

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Carrillion - liquidation versus administration

Morning all

Very sad to see the collapse of Carrillion and that it has entered liquidiation. Not only for the direcly engaged employees who have lost their jobs but also for the many sub-contractors who undertake services on behalf of…

Started by Sarah Loates in Employment Law

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Guidance on mobile/hot desk set up

About to trial hot-desk set up in couple areas of the business and everyone is being given laptops. When asking about the other equipment (e.g. docking station, monitor, keyboard and mouse) I was advised that they're not needed. When I've looked…

Started by Lynn Rodgers in Employment Law and Workplace Matters

2 Replies · Reply by Peter Pack Jan 12

How UK employment law is made

Morning all

Just reflecting on a discussion with one of my level 5 groups last week when we were talking about external factors and how they impact organisations.

We got onto the debate (naturally) about Brexit and how this may affect…

Started by Sarah Loates in Employment Law

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