Q. Can I make someone redundant then re-employ them on a fixed-term contract? I was asked the question if it was possible to make someone redundant then re-employ that same person on a fixed-term contract. The short answer is yes, with some caveats. If you make...
Q. Who is responsible for ensuring holidays are taken? I was asked this week who is responsible for making sure that all accrued holidays are taken – is it the employer or is it the employee? The short answer is both of them. The employee needs to make sure they have...
Q. Can I employ someone under 16? Employers need to exercise care before agreeing to take on someone under the age of 16, even if they think they’re doing it as a favour to the person or to their parents. There are some key considerations to be aware of. Under 13 A...
Help! My employee has gone AWOL. AWOL. Absent without leave. It happens more often than you’d think. Your employee goes on holiday and “forgets” to come back to work. Your employee on maternity leave or sick leave doesn’t communicate with you regarding their return...
Q. How can I withdraw a job offer? So, you’ve made a job offer. It’s been accepted. Everything’s going great until you discover that the work you’d been banking on hasn’t come in. Or your biggest customer has gone belly up, without paying your last invoices. ...
Can I ask questions about health during interview? Since the implementation of the Equality Act in October 2010, it is illegal to ask questions about an applicant’s health prior to a post being offered. This means that application forms, pre-employment health...
Q. What's the difference between positive action and positive discrimination? You may have heard the terms positive action and positive discrimination used in relation to recruitment. Do you know what they mean and which method you CAN use without getting into...
The sad fact of life is that people lie and sometimes there’s a good reason for it and sometimes there isn’t. The point is that you cannot take everything at face value and if you do, without checking the facts for yourself, you really only have yourself to blame....
I heard a story about employee smoking breaks at a company not far away from our office. One employee was allowed to take unlimited smoking breaks, the non-smokers were obviously unhappy about this situation and went to the MD to complain. Their solution was for him...
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