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ACAS Issues Collective Redundancy Guidance
On 18 December 2012, the Employment Relations Minister Jo Swinson announced that the 90-day minimum consultation period for large scale redundancies (over 100 employees) was to be cut to 45 days. She referred to the published Government Consultation Reponses document, which supported the Calls for Evidence findings. The 45 days will be a minimum period [...]
Helping Redundant Employees, Christmas Present Bribery, Seeking Promotion, Equal Pay and November’s Brain Teaser
One of the lesser known facts that has emerged about the London Olympics and Paralympics, but one that ranks alongside Britain’s gold medal record, is that the huge construction project resulted in no deaths and an accident rate well below the national average. And why? Because everyone involved, from top to bottom, was trained in [...]
Latest HR News
A bit negative, this month, but we have to be realistic and recognise that we are in serious economic recession. This can mean job losses with their devastating effect not only on employees but also on their families. See what you can do to minimise the likelihood of redundancies, for example: Freeze recruitment – encourage [...]
Making your Case
Do you like an argument? Maybe you do, maybe you don’t. But almost certainly from time to time you will have to argue a case because you want something or because you have to justify an action. In an appeal hearing at work you may have to explain why you dismissed an employee and, if [...]
Selecting for Redundancy
One of the worst jobs a manager has to do is declare redundancies, but the worst of all is having to choose the people to dismiss. How do you face those people if subsequently you meet them in the supermarket queue? Well, there is no way to make the job less unpleasant, but at least [...]
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How’s your manpower planning? Not got an up-to-date manpower plan? Oh dear, you could be caught out and have to face problems because you have insufficient staff to meet a change or increase in demand, or worse, have to carry out a redundancy exercise. So have a look at the business plan for the next [...]
Dealing with the Spectre of Redundancy
Christmas is not a time for being miserable and we can be excused for putting aside negative issues until we are well into the New Year. But employers need to be realistic, and however anxious we are to shower our employees with goodwill over the festive season, nevertheless we need to recognise that we are [...]
Questions from our Forum – 28/11/11
The following is a selection of questions that have been posted to our Forum over the past week. Can you contribute to any of the discussions?………… Forum Post An employer wants to pay a lump sum amount in respect of business mileage every month. This would be subject to tax and NICs. However, if he [...]
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Who manages appeals? I am told that, if I discipline an employee who subsequently lodges an appeal, someone else should hear the appeal. Is that so? If so, how do I cope. I am the Managing Director of a small family firm, I handle all discipline issues, and there is nobody else. Reply Ideally that [...]
Questions From our Forum 28/03/11
Each week we receive a number of payroll questions on our forum, and here are this week’s batch. Can you help with any answers? Childcare for future employee An employee is planning to start with us in July at the end of a period of maternity leave with her previous employer. She has contacted us [...]
