Tata Steel has threatened to withhold enhanced redundancy pay (ERP) if employees go on strike. Is it possible to change your mind about paying ERP?
Published 08.05.2024
In a recent case the employer had offered its older workers enhanced severance payments if they took voluntary redundancy. A 26-year-old employee claimed this practice amounted to age discrimination.
Why did she fail?
Published 13.01.2014
Winter brings with it higher rates of sickness absence. But this time around there’s also swine ‘flu. Yet the government has now launched its free vaccination programme, so can you insist an employee
has it to protect your business?
Published 20.11.2009
The government has declared that Friday, April 29 2011 - the day of the Royal Wedding - will be a bank holiday. Are your staff automatically entitled to this particular day off and what is the
statutory position on pay?
Published 16.12.2010
Last year, you made an experienced employee’s position redundant. As you now require that role again it makes sense to re-employ them. Is this possible and, if so, what do you need to know before
taking this step?
Published 03.11.2010
A subscriber’s business has to make redundancies. When they were necessary in the past, they always offered employees enhanced payments. Are they contractually obliged to pay extra this time too?
Published 23.03.2006
On 1 December 2014 the Shared Parental Leave Regulations came into force. They introduce a statutory right which will be available to all eligible parents whose child is due to be born on, or after,
5 April 2015. What must you do now to prepare?
Published 15.12.2014
It’s usual for adverse weather conditions to cause employees to cry off work. But it’s estimated that 500,000+ were stranded when our airspace was shut following a volcanic eruption. An original
“excuse”, but do they get paid?
Published 11.05.2010
Employees with two complete years’ service have the right to receive a statutory redundancy payment (SRP). If you need to carry out a redundancy exercise, how is the SRP calculated?
Published 29.01.2020
When you need to vary terms and conditions of employment you should first seek the agreement of all affected employees. If the majority are happy to agree, would that allow you to safely dismiss the
dissenters?
Published 09.09.2014