In a recent case, the employer had told a successful job applicant that their starting salary would be £22,427 p.a. However, the formal job offer letter mistakenly stated £30,762 p.a. Which amount
was it legally obliged to pay?
Published 29.01.2013
Having received your job offer the successful applicant is unhappy about the starting salary. The person they speak to verbally assures them that they’ll be “entitled to automatic pay rises”. Are you
obliged to honour this promise?
Published 07.10.2014
According to Citizens Advice, thousands of workers are being denied their rights to statutory annual leave. It says this is often caused by misunderstandings over how the rules operate. So what are
the basics?
Published 05.05.2011
Usually, it’s an employee who falls into a trap when using Facebook - many have lost their jobs for posting negative comments on it. But why has one employer, who used it to communicate with an
employee, landed itself in hot water?
Published 07.04.2010
When Sheffield City Council received a collective grievance about pay, it brought in an HR consultant. She wrongly informed staff that they were entitled to a much higher rate. Was the employer bound
by the consultant’s mistake?
Published 26.08.2014
The Working Time Regulations allow a worker to recover pay in lieu for statutory holiday in their final year of employment. OK - but what if their contractual entitlement just happens to be far more
generous than this?
Published 14.01.2010
Sometimes, a new employee will come into your workplace prior to their official start date, perhaps for training or to meet other members of staff. Would such an event start their period of
continuous employment or not?
Published 17.05.2013
A colleague is having problems recovering an over-payment of salary made to an employee who’s recently left. What should you have in place to avoid the same problems in your workplace?
Published 09.02.2006
You firmly believe that a pregnant employee has committed an act of gross misconduct. But she says that her condition prevents you from doing anything about it. If you do she’ll claim sex
discrimination. Would she be onto a winner?
Published 22.09.2010
As a careful employer you always provide your employees with an itemised pay statement, often called a payslip, at the point you pay them. But where do you stand if a member of staff says it’s
incorrect?
Published 02.06.2009