‘Fit Notes’ to replace Sick Notes from 6 April 2010
The Government are to introduce ‘Fit Notes’ from 6 April 2010 or to give them the correct title a ‘Statement of Fitness for Work’.
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Work experience – the legal position
If the work experience does not get paid, he/she still could be classed as a worker if there is an expectation of work to be carried out or control over hours of work.
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Apprenticeships – the legal position
An apprentice is classed as an employee and gains all the main legal rights including unfair dismissal claims, paternity/maternity rights and redundancy rights.
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I sold this little part ex…
The simple truth is that if you are selling to a private customer the car you sell must be of satisfactory quality.
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Slips on ice – avoid unnecessary claims
As with all Health and Safety issues the first stage in dealing with potential problems is to assess the risk and then have a system to manage it.
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Employment Tribunal Compensation Limits – First Time Drop
From 1st February 2010 the maximum compensatory aware drops from £66,200 to £65,300.
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Dress Codes – short hair for men/long for women is ok
In a recent case (Darsie v Metropolitan Police) a male employee was required to cut shoulder length hair.
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Website Advertising – the pitfalls
Increasingly we are seeing problems for clients using data processing organisations to load car details on websites.
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Do your employees annoy you!
If you use the disciplinary process early you will be able to dismiss ‘a bad apple’ before you go ‘bananas’.
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If it’s not broken don’t fix it
BEFORE you do anything with an alleged problem on a car, check out whether there really is a problem!
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ACAS Code of Practice on Disciplinary Dismissal Procedures
It is prudent to follow the guidelines to be seen to have dealt with such issues fairly.
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Long Term Sickness Absence
If a dismissal is inevitable then it is important to follow the correct procedure when dealing with the actual dismissal and use the minimum 3-stage process.
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