World Autism Awareness Day is an international observance dedicated to raising awareness about autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and...

We are trusted by professional sport clubs and national governing bodies to manage internal employment matters which can at times be...

Access to Work is a discretionary grant scheme. It provides personalised support to disabled people who are in paid employment,...

Should you implement a Compassionate Leave Policy? It is inevitable that employees will at some point need time off work to deal with...

The long-awaited Neonatal Leave and Pay provisions, introduced under the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023, have now been confirmed...

Employees are entitled to unpaid leave to give or arrange care for a ‘dependant’ who has a physical or mental illness or injury that...

As announced in the Autumn Budget 2024, the rate of employer national insurance contributions (NICs) increases from 13.8% to 15%. This...

“Zero-hours contracts” is not a legal term. The exact nature of zero-hours contracts may differ from organisation to organisation. For...

Work experience describes the situation where a student spends a short period of time, normally one or two weeks, with an organisation,...

Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and other family leave payments including Statutory Paternity Pay, Shared Parental Pay, Adoption Pay and...

The Church of England (CofE) has been warned about overspending on HR and equity, diversity, and inclusion (ED&I) measures. Report warns...

Responding to the death of an employee requires employers to combine practicality and sensitivity. This summary is relevant for...

One of the main tools used in effective sickness absence management is return-to-work interviews.   A return-to-work interview is a...

Where a tribunal makes an award of compensation for unfair dismissal the award will consist of a basic award and a compensatory award....

If so, our pay-monthly support service is available to you! Q: Any business in Barnsley? A: Yes - any Barnsley business can access our...

Defining 'parental responsibility' for the purpose of ordinary parental leave. To be entitled to take ordinary parental leave, an...

Introducing our pay-monthly, unlimited use, contract free HR and employee relations support service. Contract free there is no...

Most employers allow employees to self-certify their absence for the first seven days of sickness and require a fit note for longer...

Burnout: It ’s common to feel tired after a long day at work or when it is nearly time to go on holiday. Unfortunately, it’s also...

It is not unusual for there to be differences in opinion about what the ideal workplace temperature should be, when summer arrives. The...