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Manage absence and sickness

Jan 15, 2024

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Employment & Skills, Holiday & Other Leave

Good businesses ensure they have appropriate systems in place to manage unexpected staff absence. Such absences affect productivity and profits and, if they become a regular occurrence, are likely to lower morale and motivation. However, you can improve absence rates and minimise the impact of absence by putting effective policies and procedures in place. These…
Set up employment policies for your business

Dec 30, 2023

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Employment & Skills, Staff Documents & Employment Policies

You do not have to have a staff policy on every single aspect of your business. Indeed, some types of policy may be irrelevant or unhelpful. However, as an employer, you must set out details of your disciplinary and grievance procedures in writing and, if you employ five or more people, you must have a…
The employment contract

Dec 25, 2023

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Employment & Skills, Staff Documents & Employment Policies

The moment an applicant unconditionally accepts your offer of a job, a contract of employment comes into existence. The terms of the contract can be oral, written, implied or a mixture of all three. Even if you do not issue a written contract, you are under a legal duty to provide most employees with a…