[Editor’s Note -This is a new section which will be expanded with additional topics]. Updated 15/02/2024 – payment rates from 10/04/2024 Rates for the current and previous year are given (The rates for the previous year are shown in brackets) Self-Certificates for Sickness Absence Normally an employee is required to provide a self-certificate to cover […]
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Unfair Dismissal – Remedies #
[Updated 16/07/2024] (Figures shown are for the 2024-25 year starting from 07/04/2024; figures in brackets are for the previous year). There are many valid reasons why an employer may dismiss an employee fairly. The topic covers points when an individual is dismissed unfairly such as when the alleged reason is demonstrably false, the procedure used […]
Urgent Domestic Circumstances
Updated 18/03/2024 We may find ourselves in a family situation which necessitates us taking a few hours or days off work to attend to an unexpected problem. This is where leave for urgent domestic circumstances comes in. Who Is Eligible? This leave is for an employee to look after a dependant person which is defined […]
Sundays – the Right to Have Time Off
[Updated 17/06/2025] Retail Shop Workers Some shop workers can not be required to work on Sundays because of either their protected status or they have opted out of working on Sundays. In both cases, such staff are able to refuse to work on Sundays and dismissal will be deemed to be automatically unfair. Protected Employment […]
Written Particulars of Employment #
Updated 29/12/2024 Written Particulars of Employment ~ Most employee will be given written particulars of their employment. Individuals often refer to those as their contract but they do not usually contain the full details as a contract does. It is a legal requirement that employees are given written particulars as explained below. There are two […]