Handling employee sickness absence is an inevitable part of being an employer, but when these absences become overly frequent, they can have a negative impact on other employees, as well as the performance of your business. Your frustration may be further exacerbated if you suspect...
Although this case concerns the State Pension age, and is thus separate from the laws applying to employers, it is a good reminder to employers that they must take care to ensure they are not infringing the protection given to all employees, workers, agency contractors...
Under the Immigration and Nationality Act 2006 - Employers are responsible for checking immigration status / right to work in the UK for all of its employees. If you employ a person who doesn’t have the right to work in the UK then you could face...
The amended data protection laws come into force on 25 May 2018 in the form of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). Health and social care employers process more data and data of a highly sensitive nature than many other sectors. Consequently, you’ll need to be up...
Prior to 2017 it was generally accepted practice in the social care sector to pay fixed rates (usually c. £25-30 per shift of c. 8 hours) for overnight sleep-in shifts, together with hourly rates for time actually awake and working. At a time when social care...
BRIDGE are cycling the Coast to Coast….in a day, for Stars and Cancer Research UK. Each year we choose a charity and give a percentage of our profit to it and raise some funds on the way! We are riding at the end of August and plan...
The papers across the country are divided in opinion about the meaning of the Supreme Court decision and it’s meaning for our current Prime Minister. Is it the “Death of democracy” or is it a triumph for our democratic process? Has an abuse of power...
Locum GP deemed a ‘worker’ – update for all Practice Managers The Employment Appeal Tribunal recently ruled that a GP operating under their own limited company was a ‘worker’ – despite the locum being paid for several years as a contractor through her limited company, providing...
That moment when a person you rely on, who has access to all your customers, contacts and suppliers tells you they want to leave! The health and performance of your business can hang in the balance at such moments. So how should you handle this situation? Here are...