Dismissing An Employee On Sick Leave

Can You Dismiss An Employee On Sick Leave? It is a common misconception that employees that are on sick leave cannot be dismissed. Legally they remain an employee until they are dismissed, or they resign, so it is in an Employers best interest to take action as soon as possible. Why Employees Need To Address […]

Capability Or Qualification

Capability defines how capable an employee is to carry out the roles and responsibilities outlined in their job description and person specification. Experience, knowledge and skills developed throughout their educational and work career, can determine how well equipped and capable they will perform within a role. Confidence paired with capability can motivate individuals to perform […]

Dismissing An Employee For Incapacity

The Employment Rights Act gives five potentially fair reasons for dismissal, one of them being capability. This means that an employee may no longer be capable of fulfilling their job role for a multitude of reasons: lack of skills or qualifications, or because of ill health or other physical or mental reasons. Dismissing An Employee […]

Discipline Within The Workplace

disciplinary policies Having a well-written disciplinary policy in place will benefit your business immensely in the long term. An essential document for every business and organisation, it should outline all the acceptable and unacceptable behaviours in your workplace, including the action taken if the rules are broken. Employees should be given a copy within their […]

Long-Term Absence Capability Procedure

Handling an employee who has been on long-term sick is a sensitive issue that must be handled with care. It could be that the illness is serious and involves an operation and recovery time, or it could be a mental health problem. On the other hand, you may suspect that an employee is purposely prolonging […]

Handling Grievance Issues

The Employment Rights Act 1996 states that you should provide employees with a written Grievance Procedure. It is important to ensure that employees have recourse if they have any issues at work that cannot be addressed informally. In addition, should any such grievance escalate into a Tribunal Claim, you will be able to demonstrate that […]

Sexual Orientation Discrimination

Sexual orientation is a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010. Under the act, sexual orientation is defined as: Sexual orientation towards people of the same sex; Sexual orientation towards people of the opposite sex; Sexual orientation towards people of both sexes. It is important to note that sexual orientation discrimination is a different protected […]