Absence management: meaning, policy and how to do it fairly
What absence management and absenteeism mean, what an absence policy should cover, how to measure absence, a six-step process and the mistakes that make it worse.
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HR policies, wellbeing and inclusion, page 3 of 4
Page 3 of 4. Workplace policies, employment basics, working time, wellbeing, fairness and inclusion, explained with examples you can adapt.
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How to write an incident statement: what you saw, in sequence, signed and dated
How to write an incident statement at work: what goes in it, the difference between what you saw and what you concluded, a generic example, signing and amending, and how an investigator should ask for one.
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Time off for dependants: the emergency leave right, and its limits
The UK right to time off for dependants explained from section 57A of the Employment Rights Act 1996: who counts as a dependant, the five situations covered, the notice an employee must give, why it is unpaid by default, and how it differs from carer's leave. Includes what your policy should settle.
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Workforce diversity statistics UK: the gaps officially measured
The official UK figures on the disability employment gap, the ethnicity pay gap, women in management and the age of the workforce, each quoted with its reference period and geographic coverage. Check them, then measure your own.
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Employee wellness program ideas: 40 that work, and where to start
Build a staff wellness programme that works: start with how work is designed, then choose from 40 wellness program ideas across mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.
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Flexible working arrangements: the nine types, the UK request process and how to make them work
What flexible working arrangements are, the nine types GOV.UK lists, the day-one right to request in Great Britain, the eight refusal reasons and how managers make flexibility work.
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JAN accommodation: what the Job Accommodation Network is, and how to use it for workplace accommodations
JAN accommodation guidance explained: what the Job Accommodation Network is, what reasonable accommodation means under the ADA, how a request works, and the UK equivalent. Use it before your next request lands.
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Benefits of working from home: for employees, employers and the catches
The benefits of working from home for employees and employers, with UK figures from the ONS, the drawbacks to manage and six steps that make home and hybrid working fair.
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Employee write up: the UK equivalent, the steps that come first, and a written warning template
Writing someone up is American usage. In the UK the equivalent is a disciplinary warning under the Acas Code, with an investigation, a letter, a meeting, a companion and an appeal first, plus a sample written warning to adapt.
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Piece rates: the meaning, how the UK minimum wage 'fair rate' is worked out, where piece work is used, the pros and cons, and how to set a rate
The meaning of piece rates, from the Cambridge definition and the GOV.UK minimum wage rules for output work: what piece work is, when it can be used, the fair rate method with GOV.UK's example, where piece rates are used, the pros and cons for employer and worker, piece rates beside time rates, commission and bonuses, and how to set, review and document a rate.
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DEI consulting: what a diversity and inclusion consultant is engaged to do, what the evidence says, and how to scope the work
DEI consulting for two readers: the employer deciding whether to bring someone in, and the person considering it as a career. The briefs that recur, what the published UK evidence says about unconscious bias training, the certification landscape, the measurement problem, and the data protection position when an outsider analyses workforce data.
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Employer types: the legal form, the PAYE sense, and which one your question means
Employer type means two different things: the legal form of the employing entity (sole trader, partnership, LLP, limited company, charity, public body) and the HMRC and PAYE sense of registering as an employer. What changes with each, who the employer is when an agency or umbrella company is involved, and the thresholds that switch a duty on. UK, not legal advice.
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Average weekly hours worked UK: working hours statistics, unions and presenteeism
What the ONS publishes on average actual weekly hours worked, what the Department for Business and Trade publishes on trade union membership, and why no official UK figure counts presenteeism. Every number with its reference period.
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Sick leave policy: the rules, the pay and calling in sick
Who qualifies for statutory sick pay and what it pays now, self-certification and fit notes, how and when to call in sick, how much contact is reasonable, confidentiality, and what to put in your own policy.
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Constructive discharge: what it means in the US, constructive dismissal in the UK, and what a manager should do
What constructive discharge means in the United States, where the test of intolerable working conditions comes from, how constructive dismissal works as a statutory claim in the United Kingdom, examples of both, and what a manager should do when someone resigns citing their working conditions.
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Working 8 hours a day: where the 40-hour week came from, and does it still fit?
Why we work 8 hours a day: how the 40-hour week became law in the US, what the limits are in the UK, what long hours do to health and how to make eight hours count.
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Capability procedure steps: informal conversation, improvement plan, and what happens if it fails
The capability route from first conversation to final decision: why there is no such thing as an informal warning, what an improvement plan must contain, the employer's half of it, and the options when a plan does not work.
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At-will employment: what it means in the US, the exceptions that limit it, and why Britain has no equivalent
What at-will employment means in the United States, the public policy, implied contract and good faith exceptions, the statutes that override it, Montana's different default, and the British position where at-will does not exist.
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Performance improvement plan: help or exit, and how to tell
What a PIP is in HR, the question that decides everything, when an improvement plan is the wrong tool, what to write in it, how to run the reviews, when an extension is fair, and where disability duties bite.
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Full-time hours: what full time and part time actually mean in the UK
There is no legal definition of full-time hours in the UK. The contract sets them. What follows from that for the 48 hour limit, rest breaks, pro rata treatment, holiday and full-time equivalent, with a worked example and what to write in a contract.
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Buddy punching: what it is, and what an employer can lawfully do
What buddy punching is, why rounding and honour systems invite it, what UK employers may and may not do to detect it, how the Acas Code governs a suspected case, whether the pay is recoverable, and the test before biometrics.
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Disparate treatment vs disparate impact: definitions and examples
Disparate treatment and disparate impact explained simply: EEOC definitions, clear examples, the three-step test and checks for your own decisions.
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Statutory employee: the United States definition, the four categories and what box 13 means
A statutory employee is a United States tax category: a worker who is an independent contractor under common law but an employee by statute for certain employment taxes. The four IRS categories, the three conditions, box 13 on Form W-2 and Schedule C.
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What is a floating holiday? Meaning, examples and how it works
What a floating holiday is, how it differs from fixed holidays and PTO, why employers offer it, six policy decisions, sample wording and the mistakes that cause disputes.
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