Rest Breaks at Work (Employers’ Guide)
The rules on taking breaks at work are covered by the Working Time Regulations 1998 and your employee’s own contract of employment. Whether or not these breaks are paid is entirely your decision as the employer, and should be stated in the employee’s contract. Most employees have a right to a break of twenty minutes […]
Recording Conversations at Work (HR Guide)
Is making a covert recording in the workplace sufficiently serious to justify disciplinary action or even instant dismissal? As the likelihood and occurrence of secret recordings in the workplace grows with the prevalence of technology, it has become good risk management practice for employers to take pre-emptive measures to deter secret recordings and to provide […]