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Rolling 12 month period

Hi All

Looking for guidance and what you all do with regards to company sick pay.We pay 15 days full pay and 15 half pay over a rolling 12 month period however the company sick pay is discretionary.

I have just had an employee ask what is the rolling

Started by Rachel Weaven in HR Policy

2 Replies · Reply by Rachel Weaven Jul 1, 2014

We operate in financial services and considering introduction of CRB policy that will ask our employees to disclose their convictions and allow us to conduct regular CRB checks while in employment with us. At present we only conduct basic CRB checks

Started by Ewa Weclawik in HR Policy

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Flexible Working Meeting

Hi All

I have got to conduct a flexible working meeting in a week or so and I am not really sure what it should contain as a lot of our meetings beforehand have been fairly relaxed. However this lady in particular has already quoted legislation at me

Started by Rachel Weaven in HR Policy

5 Replies · Reply by Rachel Weaven Mar 4, 2014

Calculating Holiday in Hours

Afternoon,

I am sure for some of you this will be a really easy question to answer but I am having trouble getting my head round it!

We have a number of staff on part time and we haven't pro rata the bank holidays we just did it if it fell on one the

Started by Rachel Weaven in HR Policy

1 Reply · Reply by Jo Styles Feb 13, 2014

Night Workers - Health Questionnaires

Hi All,

I am currently undertaking a consulation period for our cleaners and they will be starting night hours - 'night work'. Does anyone have any advice on what is required to cover the business for Night Workers.

I understand a Health Questionnair

Started by Dianah Marlow in HR Policy

1 Reply · Reply by Alison Simmons Jan 10, 2014

Grievance, alleged bullying

Apologies for this being quite long but I am looking for more guidance on handling grievances, certainly getting my fair share of them at the moment. We had an issue a week or so ago where two employees had a run in and nobody was there to witness

Started by Rachel Weaven in HR Policy

2 Replies · Reply by Emma Kuenyefu Dec 4, 2013

Annual Leave for Workers on Rotation

I have a client with a nanny who works three works on and three weeks off. For the three weeks on she is on duty 24/7 and she is paid for the three weeks off. I guess it works similar to an oil rig worker or such like

My question is around annual le

Started by Andrea May in HR Policy

2 Replies · Reply by Andrea May Dec 10, 2013

The same policies and procedures across the organisation - or are some things up to the line manager?

Hi there,

I have come across a little problem with our current policies and procedures relating to time off; whether it is time to go to doctor's appointments, the dentist, funerals or similar, we have always been quite lenient. We have usually let

Started by Toril Simpson in HR Policy

4 Replies · Reply by Sue Coleman Mar 31, 2014

Snow - what does your organisation do?

It's getting to that time of year again, when snow/ice causes chaos on our roads and confusion in the workplace!

I'm attempting to bring together a sensible process that makes it clear on what to do when there is snow on the road, the forecast is not

Started by Steve Davis in HR Policy

5 Replies · Reply by Debbie Harvey Nov 29, 2013

HR Policies and Procedures for a start-up SME

I work for a small start-up business. We have just hired our first employees and need to put in place some basic HR policies as a starting point. Specifically I need policies for the following:

Recruitment and Selection

Discipline and Grievance

Absen

Started by Andrea May in HR Policy

4 Replies · Reply by Sarah Bond Nov 15, 2013

How many sick days are too many???

I record when ever staff are off sick, as I am sure all of you do. Then what do you do with these reports? Who decides when a member of staff has been off sick a little too often? What is many days off and what's not? I am personally not ill very oft

Started by Toril Simpson in HR Policy

4 Replies · Reply by Alex Brody Nov 12, 2013

Who 'owns' social media in the workplace?

The extract below, from an HR e-bulletin I recently recieved ( from Debbie Clark HR consultancy) was a bit of an eye opener for me. I guess it only really applies to the 'business type' of social media such as LinkedIn - but it could easily escalate.

Started by Steve Davis in HR Policy

7 Replies · Reply by Sorina Maria Oprea Nov 27, 2013

CIPD Survey - Social Media and the Workplace

CIPD are looking for people to complete their Social Media in the Workplace survey

HR and L&D can both utilise social media to support collaboration, communication and learning but in many workplaces social media is still seen as being unproductive

Started by Mike Collins in HR Policy

7 Replies · Reply by Mike Collins Oct 10, 2013

CIPD - Megatrends

The CIPD is committed to championing better work and working lives, for the benefit of individuals, businesses, economies and society. The unprecedented scale and pace of change in the economy and world of work presents an urgent and critical need to

Started by Mike Collins in HR Policy

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