Job analysis
Job analysis is the process of analysing the content, purpose and outputs required by a job holder, as well as where the job fits into the organisation’s structure. The analysis should form the basis of a job description and person specifica...
Agency workers
Agency Workers are not employees of your Company and as such will not have the rights to claim unfair dismissal, redundancy pay or maternity leave, or benefits such as occupational sick pay, company pension schemes or bonus payments based on compa...
Investigations
The key purpose of an investigation is to discover all the relevant facts and information in a fair, reasonable and objective manner. If a manager is confronted with a situation that needs to be actioned, but fails to carry out a proper investiga...
Fit notes
Employees are required to obtain a Statement of Fitness for Work (or Fit Note) covering the period from at least the eighth day of illness, inclusive of weekends and bank holidays. The fit note will advise if an employee is unfit for work or, alt...
Right to work checks
Under the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006, all employers are required to make basic document checks on every person they intend to employ to ensure that they have the right to work in the UK. As an employer you are responsible for en...
Volunteers
Volunteers who work within your organisation are not employees or workers and therefore have limited protection under employment law. Volunteers are provided with protection and under Health and Safety legislation and discrimination as outlined i...