Voluntary Overtime Counts in Holiday Pay Calculations… Or at least Sometimes Overtime & “average pay” for holidays has always been a questionable area of employment law: as a worker should not be worse-off financially if they take annual leave, should overtime (voluntary or compulsory) be included in that calculation? Compulsory overtime was settled previously (this […]
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Employment Laws Open for Repeal upon Brexit Parliament has briefly returned from its summer recess today, with a welcome to the despatch box from the new Brexit Minister, David Davis – the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union. Among the many questions that were put to the new minister were questions about how […]
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Post created on: September 5th, 2016
Manufacturing Employers Call for Help with Sick Leave Manufacturers’ trade organisation, EEF, published its latest annual survey this week, with findings that long term absence is increasing for more than 40% of its members, with the NHS not helping to get staff back to work. After previously concluding that the “fit note” procedure was […]
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Post created on: June 14th, 2016
NICE Publishes Advice for Employers – Unlike Most Fit Notes NICE, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, has published guidelines for employers, making recommendations on improving the health and wellbeing of employees. The health watchdog says that the healthier workplaces it recommends will benefit the business, as well as its staff. This guidance […]
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Post created on: June 24th, 2015
Government Revises Guidance on Fit Notes With nearly three years of practical experience to draw from, the Government have this month issued revised guidance to GPs & others on the use of fit notes. The new guidance – provided not a moment too soon given the failure of GPs to properly facilitate the possibilities of […]
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