Read through all of Golf HR’s documents about contracts. When issuing a contract, it is important to always remember that you cannot make an employee sign away their rights. A contract is a document designed to let employees know what they are entitled to, but not to change their statutory rights. You can schedule a tribunal audit with Carolyne to review your contract – and make sure you don’t end up in tribunal!
If they haven’t started working for you yet Make sure you have given them a contract to read and sign before they start (I know that some of you don’t like doing this, but believe me it is easier and protects your business more to do it this way round!). Make it clear that you […]
My employee gave me their verbal resignation yesterday and wants to come back today – do I have to let them? If it was a “heat of the moment” resignation, usually yes. Resignation is unilateral, in that you don’t need to “accept” it for it to be valid. That said, if there has been a […]
Overtime doesn’t count towards holiday entitlement – or does it? The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decided on 4 November 2014 that any overtime worked does count towards an employee’s holiday entitlement. Yikes! What does that actually mean?
Women are more expensive than men to employ…or are they? It’s an accepted fact of business life – women are more expensive to employ than men. Few like it, most understand the reasons why, but others just insist it’s not true. Never one to duck away from a challenging issue, Dan Panes (Better Business Extra) looks […]
Big change! From 29 July 2013 disgruntled employees had to pay fees to start an employment tribunal claim. The minimum fee is £160 for a Type A case (e.g. unlawful deductions from earnings, i.e. you haven’t paid them what they are owed; unfair dismissal). Individuals can pay as much as £950 if they take a […]
You’ve not been paying attention! We have come across several companies in the past months who don’t seem to have been paying attention when it comes to annual holiday entitlement. We are working closely with one client who has not paid the correct holiday for their workers since it changed in 2009.
I do tribunal audits on employment contracts and handbooks so that the company knows what needs to be updated, how much risk they are at, and whether the documents are really “fit for purpose”. Once they have that information, they can make an informed decision about whether they will be updating their paperwork themselves or […]
When can you give verbal warnings to an employee? Never! Verbal warnings were abolished in 2009. At a recent talk I was asked “but can’t we keep using them, if they are part of our policies and procedures?”. The simple answer is yes, but why would you?
What is the current default retirement age? Well, there isn’t one. It was abolished in October 2011. What does that mean for you as an employer? You can’t avoid managing staff because “they will be retiring next year”. There is no more retirement. People can only resign. So if you have a member of staff […]
Every golf club has them – the high-maintenance employees who take up 95% of your time to deal with, whilst all the other staff, who are doing their jobs, have to make do with the last 5%. It is possible to fire the b*ggers and this book will take you through the steps that you […]