Comment by Helen Giles, the HR director of homelessness charity Broadway, implies that charities are especially vulnerable to Employment Tribunal claims. We have experience of supporting local charities that have joined our client base and we have observed many others at Tribunal. The vulnerability is true and there are two main reasons why. 1. Voluntary »
It’s snow pay for non-attendees
| 15-01-11
To avoid paying employees you should require employees to make every safe and reasonable attempt to attend work during adverse weather. Also require them to contact you each day and seek to find ways in which they can work. For example perhaps they can work remotely, or answer telephone enquiries remotely. Even if they cannot »
Sick at Christmas?
| 04-01-11
Employees sometimes use subterfuges for getting the time they want off at Christmas and one is to claim illness. It is entirely appropriate to challenge an employee about the nature of an illness at Christmas, and especially so if they have asked for, and been refused time off. But it is best to start from »