What should a Contract of Employment include? Your Contract of Employment will include the terms of your employment. A contract of employment is a legally binding written agreement between employer and employee. It sets out the terms of employment. The main things you can expect to find in your contract [...]
What is the National Minimum Wage? National Minimum Wage (NMW) requires a minimum amount to be paid to employees. The National Minimum Wage is the minimum hourly rate that employees and workers must be paid for each hour they are working. What age bands are there for National Minimum Wage? There [...]
How much maternity pay will I get? The amount of maternity pay you are due will depend on a number of factors. Maternity pay (or maternity leave) is paid leave mothers are entitled to under law (Statutory Maternity Leave or SML), and separately under their contract of employment. Am I [...]
Taking time off work for family reasons The time off rigths for working parents provide a number of opportunities for leave. Working parents can make use of a number of different rights to take time off work to help with childcare and family responsibilities. What are working parents’ rights to [...]
How do you manage a hybrid work schedule? Managing a hybrid team presents particular challenges. Hybrid working means anything other than everyone working all the time in the employer’s workplace. Because teams aren’t all in one place, managing a hybrid team requires different skills and processes. Using appropriate tech, training [...]
What to include in an ESG policy? An ESG Policy demonstrates a company's Environmental Social & Governance ethos. An ESG Policy is a policy/framework that demonstrates a company’s approach to issues around matters of environment (E), social (S) and governance (G) issues. The ESG Policy should therefore cover those 3 [...]
What is Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) in the workplace? ESG Policy will cover matters of Environment, Social & Governance. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are used to measure the culture and values of an organisation beyond its mere financial performance. What are ESG factors used for? ESG factors [...]
Statutory Redundancy Pay Calculator How to calculate what redundancy pay you're entitled to. What is Statutory Redundancy? If your employment is terminated by reason of redundancy, and you’ve been in your job for more than 2 years, you will be entitled to Statutory Redundancy Pay. There may also be other [...]
The right way to dismiss an Employee Insubordination is typically where an employee is disrespectful toward their employer, and/or refuses to do as they are asked. How do you fairly dismiss an employee? What’s the procedure for dismissal of an employee? Is there a different procedure for employees with less [...]
Employment Facts and Figures 2022-2023 The facts and figures for Employment. Payment Rate as at April 2022-April 2023 Family friendly payments Statutory Maternity Pay 6 weeks at 90% of normal weekly earnings Then 33 weeks at £156.66 or earnings related rate if lower Statutory Paternity Pay Two weeks at £156.66 [...]
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