Sickness Absence: Employer Essentials
Sickness absence remains a significant issue for employers across the UK. How you manage sickness absence will be critical to meeting your legal obligations towards your workforce, while ensuring staff wellbeing is supported disruption to the organisation is limited. The following are the key elements for employers when managing sickness absence. Self-Certification Self-certification […]
Understanding Occupational Sick Pay for Employers
Occupational Sick Pay (OSP) is a scheme provided by employers to offer enhanced financial support to employees who are unable to work due to illness. It is an optional benefit that goes beyond the statutory sick pay (SSP) requirements set by UK law. Employers can tailor OSP schemes to align with their organisation’s policies and […]
What to Include in a Sickness Policy
Sick leave in the workplace is unavoidable, although a well-written and well-implemented sickness policy can help to manage these absences and inform staff of the procedures to follow if they are unfit for work. In this guide for employers, we look at what a sickness policy is and the benefits they bring the workplace. It […]
Is Working Whilst Signed Off Sick Allowed?
Sick leave is meant to give employees time to recover, but what happens when someone on sick leave carries out work, or is working another job? Working whilst signed off sick isn’t strictly prohibited by UK law, although an employer is under a statutory duty to ensure the health and wellbeing of its employees. Caution […]
Ill Health Severance Pay: Employer Guide & Rules
It’s a common misconception that dismissal due to ill health is automatically unfair or always unlawful. An employee can be both fairly and lawfully dismissed, as long as the employer has a valid reason, has made any reasonable adjustments where applicable, and has followed a fair procedure. Ill health severance pay is a financial payment […]
Set O Form: UK ILR Application Explained
UK indefinite leave to remain is not automatically granted. Strict eligibility criteria must be met and evidenced as part of the Home Office application, which includes completing the relevant form and submitting supporting documentation. Set O is the form used by individuals applying for ILR who are currently in the UK under one of a […]
Enhanced Maternity Pay: Guide for Employers
Providing employees with enhanced contractual rights when it comes to maternity pay can help to attract and retain top talent within the workforce. However, employers should first understand how enhanced maternity pay provisions operate in practice, from how these differ to statutory maternity pay to the conditions that can be used to qualify any enhanced […]
Reward Management: Strategies for Success
Reward management is the introduction of policies and strategies that rewards every employee within the business fairly and consistently across the board. Rewarding employees for outstanding work makes them feel valued and can prove to be a powerful motivational tool that boosts productivity. The most successful reward management programmes provide employees with opportunities to elevate […]
Employee or Worker: Legal Differences Explained
An individual’s legal rights and entitlements at work can differ significantly depending on whether they are classed as an employee or worker. In this guide, we explain the differences between these two types of employment status, including how legal status as either an employee or worker determine employment rights and responsibilities within the workplace. […]
Burchell Test: Misconduct Dismissals Explained
The Burchell Test is a legal principle in UK employment law used to determine whether an employer has acted fairly in dismissing an employee for misconduct. This test originates from the case British Home Stores Ltd v Burchell (1980), which established a three-part framework for assessing the fairness of a dismissal under the Employment Rights […]