Many employees are trading their company cars for cash. But if you’re not careful they could be worse off. Will you have to compensate them?
Published 30.06.2005
The phrase “custom and practice” often crops up in the employment context. But what does it mean and how can you reduce the likelihood of one arising in your workplace and why should you?
Published 05.11.2019
You’ve just interviewed the perfect candidate and want to offer her the job there and then. Why might this be dangerous?
Published 27.01.2005
Let’s suppose that you’re looking to withdraw a contractual benefit from one, or more, of your employees. In return for this, you’ll be making a one-off lump sum compensation payment. Should it be
subject to tax and NI deductions?
Published 24.09.2012
One of our subscribers wants to know if they may carry out personal searches of employees on a random basis. This would serve as a deterrent to wrongdoing, rather than be a response to a particular
problem. So can it be done or not?
Published 03.05.2013
Suppose you’ve turned a blind eye to something for a while, e.g. allowing staff to start late. What if you later want to enforce the official start time? Will staff be able to argue that, through
custom and practice, it’s changed?
Published 01.12.2005
Apparently, only 0.6% of employees have read their entire employment contract - the rest either didn’t bother or just skimmed over the important bits. If an employee hasn’t read their contract, are
they still bound by all of its terms?
Published 09.10.2015
Every week, at least one of your employees is late for work and blames it on their commute. Can you stop this problem by contractually requiring all staff to live within a certain distance of your
workplace?
Published 15.03.2017
Permanent Health Insurance is a valuable benefit which can help reduce your costs when employees are on long-term sick leave. But it’s not all plain sailing. So what are the main pitfalls to be wary
of?
Published 03.05.2007
One of your employees has a long journey to work every day. Rather than give him a bonus, he’s asked whether it’s possible for you to pay his home to office petrol costs. Is there any tax or NI
advantage to this?
Published 18.01.2005