Several staff are off work sick or following official advice over self-shielding and staying at home. Can you ask other employees to temporarily cover the responsibilities and duties of those
employees who are absent?
Published 05.05.2020
It’s a question that crops up all the time - you need to move your business to another location or move an employee to another job function. Do you have the right to insist on these changes?
Published 07.09.2006
After careful consideration it’s clear that no reasonable adjustments can be made to a disabled employee’s job. So what about swapping their role with another employee’s? How can you dodge objections
from that person?
Published 30.11.2010
Due to poor performance in the polls, it was soon suggested that Gordon Brown “step down” as Prime Minister. You can’t demand a resignation, but can you put anything in your contracts that might help
you end things more quickly?
Published 18.05.2010
You need to invoke a clause in an employee’s written contract of employment. However, they’ve just smugly claimed that it’s “totally unenforceable” because they never signed the document. Is this
true?
Published 06.09.2012
According to reports, O2 is piloting a “Working Families Contract”. It allows selected groups of parents to freely decide between them how they will cover various shifts over a set period of time.
Could this work for you?
Published 18.11.2011
You need to relocate an employee to work in another of your premises. What issues do you need to consider before the move takes place? And could a relocation policy help you to manage the change?
Published 08.01.2009
A well-drafted mobility clause gives you the right to relocate an employee. However, two employees who refused to comply with such a clause have successfully claimed unfair dismissal. What do you
need to know?
Published 23.02.2017
Out of choice, an employee always works through their lunch hour. You don’t ask them to do this, or indeed expect it - they’re entitled to a break. However, could this practice allow them to claim
costly overtime by default?
Published 01.06.2012