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Category: Employment Contracts

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The Right to be Accompanied to a Formal Meeting

When do you have the right to be accompanied at a formal meeting? It can be extremely stressful if you are invited to a disciplinary hearing or a grievance …

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Can you dismiss an employee involved in riots?

Can you dismiss an employee involved in riots? We have all seen the news stories, videos and photos of rioters around the country causing damage …

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How can employers improve staff retention?

Staff retention is essentially the ability of a business to hold on to their staff, which should maximise productivity and keep employee turnover to a minimum.

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What is ACAS Early Conciliation?

The ACAS early conciliation process is a free service you can use to try and resolve an employment dispute. You can start the process online …

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Sickness Absence Management

Quite often sickness absence will put employers under pressure to get staff back into work after long periods of absence. Pressuring a sick employee…

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Labour party employment law reforms

The Labour party intends to make some sweeping changes to employment law if it wins the next general election. The reforms are set out in its paper entitled…

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What is Gross Misconduct?

The concept of gross misconduct has often left employers feeling that there is no further option but to terminate the employment of the individual but is this always necessary and reasonable?