An employee recently tendered their written resignation. But they’ve now asked to withdraw it. Must you agree to this request or can it be refused? And what if their notice had been given verbally,
would the position be any different?
Published 10.01.2011
A long-standing employee has queried her contractual terms and conditions but you can’t find a copy of her employment contract on her personnel file. What can you do where an employment contract has
been misplaced?
Published 20.10.2016
An employee is experiencing financial difficulties and has approached you about the possibility of an emergency loan. If you agree to their request, what must you do to protect yourself?
Published 22.10.2014
Quite often, when an employee is informed that they are to be made the subject of disciplinary proceedings their reaction will be to resign. In this situation should you continue with your
disciplinary procedure?
Published 11.02.2014
An employee’s contract states that their “normal working hours are 8:45am to 5:15pm”. However, in practice, they’ve mainly worked 8:30am to 5:00pm. If you’ve never challenged this, is there now a
binding custom and practice?
Published 05.06.2014
An employee with a one-month notice period in his employment contract has just tendered his resignation. He’s also stated that he won’t be coming into work again. Where do you stand legally?
Published 29.02.2016
By not signing an employee fails to expressly accept the terms and conditions of a new or amended employment contract. If you’re faced with this situation what should you do?
Published 02.09.2015
An employee has just resigned giving you one month’s contractual notice. In addition, they’ve been signed off sick for six weeks. What are they entitled to be paid during their notice period - full
pay or sick pay, e.g. SSP only?
Published 09.02.2017
An employee is working out their notice period and it’s obvious that they are starting to take it too easy. For example, their timekeeping is questionable and the standard of their work has dropped.
How should you deal with this?
Published 25.01.2017
You’re free to set an employee’s notice period which will depend on the needs of your business. Whatever you decide must be clearly stated in the employment contract, but what’s the minimum notice
period you can set?
Published 14.06.2022