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Probation period - unfair dismissal

Hi All,

If someone is dismissed after their 6 month probation period and they believe it to be unfair however they were on probation do they have any right to protest or ask to have a say?

What grounds to they have to stand on?

Thanks in advance

Millz

Started by Millicent Golightly-Roche in Employment Law

1 Reply · Reply by Sarah Loates Apr 23, 2017

Unfair dismissal during probation period - WHAT TO DO?

Hi All,

If someone is dismissed after their 6 month probation period and they believe it to be unfair however they were on probation do they have any right to protest or ask to have a say?

What grounds to they have to stand on?

Thanks in advance

Millz

Started by Millicent Golightly-Roche in Employment Law

9 Replies · Reply by Sarah Loates Apr 26, 2017

HR Templates

Hi Everyone,

We are just reviewing our templates at the moment for example our invite to disciplinary letter.

We wanted to check that everthing we send is compliant with UK legislation, does anyone know what is the great source to find HR templates we

Started by andrew agboola in Being An Effective Practitioner, Performance Management, and Change Management

2 Replies · Reply by Sarah Loates Apr 5, 2017

Unpaid leave daily rate when salary is pro rata

Hi, when a salary is pro rata, in this particular case because the person works in a school and is not paid during the school holidays, and a days unpaid leave is taken, the amount taken was the full time equivalent daily rate and not the pro rata da

Started by Amber Gormanly in Employment Law

8 Replies · Reply by Amber Gormanly Apr 13, 2017

To gig or not to gig? For that is the question

Hi all

For those early birds amongst you you may have heard Peter Cheese on Radio 4 this morning being interviewed about the new CIPD report on the gig economy.

The line was that the CIPD feels that there should be more clarity around the employment st

Started by Sarah Loates in Employment Law

0 Replies

Attachment of Earnings Order

Hi All,

Wonder if anyone is able to advise...

Do you know if you're able to ask an individual about circumstances surrounding an attachment of earnings order? I never have before, but I'm interested to know what other people do?

Thanks in advance!

Bec

Started by Becky Black in Being An Effective Practitioner and Employment Law

2 Replies · Reply by Banu Agi Mar 14, 2017

Claims against employers fact sheet - a useful sumnmary

Morning all

This popped up on my LinkedIn feed and I thought it was a really useful summary by Cartwright King. It is written from the persepctive of the employee and advice for when making a claim.

A useful reminder of how Early Conciliation can als

Started by Sarah Loates in Employment Law

2 Replies · Reply by Sarah Loates Mar 8, 2017

Salary Banding

Hi,

We are currently looking at the best way to do salary banding, Can anyone give advice on the best way to do this or how they do it at their workplace?

Thanks

Andrew

Started by andrew agboola in Being An Effective Practitioner, Change Management, and HR Policy

3 Replies · Reply by Rasa Misute Mar 2, 2017

Hundreds of companies failing to pay minimum wage

Hi everyone

Interesting to read some big names have been included in the list of companies who have failed to pay the NMW and the NLW.

Among them are well-known names like Debenhams, Subway, Lloyds Pharmacy and St Mirren Football Club.

More than 15,5

Started by Sarah Loates in Employment Law

0 Replies

Weekend Working - Holiday Accrual

Hi There,

After a bit of advice!

Our Sales team is going to need to start working Saturday mornings - they're going to do this on a rota basis so that each person should only have to do 1 or 2 a month. At the moment their contracts cover a 40 hour wo

Started by Becky Black in Being An Effective Practitioner, HR Policy, and Employment Law

1 Reply · Reply by Sarah Loates Feb 15, 2017

Employment Tribunal decisions are now on line!

I thought that you might be interested to know that The Ministry of Justice has launched its website of

employment tribunal decisions.

There are about 100 decisions from 2016 are already up there, and you can search by name, date, judge or jurisdict

Started by Sarah Loates in Employment Law

0 Replies

IR35 Reforms - Public Sector

Hi,

We are preparing as a local authority to deal with the implications around IR35. Anyone else out there in the public sector and want to discuss the approach being taken? Be keen to share the learning and ideas on this!

Thanks,

Mykela

Started by Mykela Pratt in Employment Law

2 Replies · Reply by Sarah Loates Jan 16, 2017

Happy New Year 2017 ! but first a look back to the top cases for 2016

Hi all

Happy New Year!

I thought this was quite a good summary.

http://www.personneltoday.com/hr/the-10-most-important-employment-law-cases-in-2016/

All the best

Sarah

Started by Sarah Loates in Employment Law

0 Replies

Offering a 3 month internship in London for a colleague based in China office

I was wondering if anyone could give me some guidance on the procedure to follow if offering a 3 month internship to a colleague in our china office?

Any guidance would be really appreciated.

Started by Stacy in Employment Law

1 Reply · Reply by Sarah Loates Dec 19, 2016

Top 10 most important employment law cases of 2016

Hi all

Some good CPD here and a review of the top cases of 2016, which I am sure you will agree have been quite a year!!

http://www.personneltoday.com/hr/the-10-most-important-employment-law-cases-in-2016/

All the best

Sarah

Started by Sarah Loates in Employment Law

0 Replies

Uber update

Hi all

Just had an update from PLC re the Uber case which I thought I would share as it is a good summary:

An employment tribunal has held that Uber drivers are workers for the purposes of the Employment Rights Act 1996, the National Minimum Wage Act

Started by Sarah Loates in Employment Law

0 Replies

Shared Parental Leave and Pay

Hi all,

I wonder if anyone can help. I am looking at the implications for shared parental leave if someone was to take this in my organisation. I have a few general queries where I would really appreciate guidance:

- if a maximum of 50 weeks was shared

Started by Grace Lyon in HR Policy, Employment Law, and Workplace Matters

9 Replies · Reply by Grace Lyon Nov 30, 2016

Health & Safety to Disciplinary

Hi all,

I'm quite new to the HR side of things coming from a H&S background and I'm looking for some advice regarding how everyone deals with a health & safety investigation that recommends that disciplinary action is taken against an employee.

Our cur

Started by Zylene in Being An Effective Practitioner, Performance Management, and HR Policy

4 Replies · Reply by Zylene Nov 28, 2016

Consulting with Trade Unions

Hi JaneApologies I am posting in a new thread as I can't currently reply to your post!So the first thing I would look at is are the policies which you wish to change contractual or non-contractual? Assuming that TUs are involved they may form part of

Started by Sarah Loates in Employment Law

2 Replies · Reply by Sarah Loates Nov 2, 2016

Uber uber

Hi all I'm sharing the Daniel Barnett update on this case which ruled earlier today. Interesting times indeed!!!!An Employment Tribunal has, this afternoon, ruled that two drivers who provide services to gig economy stalwart Uber are 'workers' within

Started by Sarah Loates in Employment Law

2 Replies · Reply by Emma Nov 6, 2016