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ACAS Code Based Advice
Why the ACAS Code of Practice matters to you
As a business owner, director or employer, the ACAS Code of Practice defines your responsibilities. By law, you must follow it as best practice. So it’s vital you get it right.
Help is here for you. Our employment law solicitors and barristers will work to bring you positive outcomes to any questions, disputes or grievances.
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Disciplinary Procedure Advice
Employees may occasionally require a formal reprimand in instances of misconduct or poor performance. In that event, your business needs to ensure that all your disciplinary policies and procedures are clear, effective, and based on the ACAS Code of Practice.
Our team of highly qualified specialists will guide you through disciplinary procedures amongst your staff. When it comes to dealing with difficult staff, we can ensure that we support businesses like yours through the right process, ease the burden, and save you time, money, and worry. Our skilled advisors work with you to get disciplinary procedures right and avoid a tribunal claim. We provide clear advice, taking into account all applicable considerations. Just click the button below for advice:
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Dismissal
As you grow a business and increase your staff numbers, chances are, you’ll need to dismiss an employee. Dismissals are an unpleasant part of being an employer, but it is your remit.
Whether you need to sack a problem employee, or you’re finding it difficult to let someone go, Employer Advice has a team of specialists on hand to help. Our UK-based dismissal experts are here for you 24/7, offering you free advice. Just click the button below:
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Employment Contracts
An exciting part of growth for business owners is the point at which your company is ready to employ staff. Once you have recruited someone, it’s time to ensure your new employee has a comprehensive employment contract.
Our team of highly qualified specialists will guide you through your staff’s employment contracts. We can ensure that we’re there to support businesses like yours who may be unsure about what goes into employment contracts, drafting contracts, terms & conditions, collective agreements or written statements. We provide clear advice, templates and key contractual considerations.
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Flexible Working
Flexible working refers to a way of working that is tailored to the needs of your employee. This can include things like a flexible start or finish time and the option to work from home. All employees now have the option to request flexible working, it isn’t just parents and carers. There are, however, conditions. As a business owner you need to understand flexible working eligibility and know how to deal with a flexible working request.
Our team of highly qualified specialists will guide you through flexible working requests. We will ensure that we support businesses like yours to lead you through the right process, ease the burden, and save you time, money, and worry. Ultimately, our skilled advisors work with you to get flexible working requests right to ensure you avoid a tribunal claim. We provide clear advice, taking into account all applicable considerations.
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Grievance
Employees may occasionally want to raise a grievance at work. As an employer, you must take this seriously. If a formal grievance process or complaints aren’t handled properly, you could face employment tribunal hearings and costly compensation to your employees. You should ensure that you follow the ACAS code of practise and handle complaints or concerns using a formal grievance procedure.
Our team of highly qualified specialists will guide you through grievance procedures amongst your staff. When it comes to dealing with individual or collective grievances, we can ensure that we support businesses like yours through the right process, ease the burden, and save you time, money, and worry. Our skilled advisors work with you to get grievances right and avoid a tribunal claim. We provide clear advice, considering all applicable outcomes.
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Gross Misconduct
If an employee severely breaches your company’s disciplinary rules, it may be classed as gross misconduct. This will could warrant summary dismissal. In that event, you must have followed the correct disciplinary procedure. If you fail to do so, an employment tribunal could increase any award against you by 25%.
Our team of highly qualified specialists will guide you through any instance of gross misconduct amongst your staff. We support businesses like yours to lead you through the right process, ease the burden, and save you time, money, and worry. Ultimately, our skilled advisors work with you to manage gross misconduct right and avoid a tribunal claim. We provide clear advice, taking into account all applicable processes and considerations.
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Holiday Pay
Anomalies in working patterns can making calculating holiday pay difficult. If you are having trouble with staff pay entitlement, Employer Advice is here to help.
Our team of highly qualified specialists can guide you through everything from pro-rata allowances, bank holiday inclusions, holiday pay entitlement when staff leave your business, and much more. Get free advice on holiday pay. Just click the button below:
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Maternity Advice
Pregnant employees are entitled to statutory maternity pay (SMP). As a business owner or someone managing staff, it’s important you understand whether your employee qualifies for maternity pay and how much maternity leave she can take. You also need to be aware of her employment rights during maternity leave and the ins and outs of SMP.
Our team of highly qualified specialists will guide you through maternity leave and SMP, understanding the rights of your employee. We will ensure that we support businesses like yours to lead you through the right process, ease the burden, and save you time, money, and worry. Ultimately, our skilled advisors work with you to get both maternity leave and maternity pay correct and ensure you avoid a tribunal claim. We provide clear advice, taking into account all applicable considerations. Just click the button below:
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Paternity Advice
Male employees may be entitled to paternity leave and paternity pay. As a business owner, it’s important to understand whether your employee qualifies for paternity pay and how much paternity leave he can take. More importantly, you must be aware of the employee’s protected employment rights during paternity leave.
Our team of highly qualified specialists will guide you through paternity leave, understanding the rights of your employee. We will ensure that we support businesses like yours to lead you through the right process, ease the burden, and save you time, money, and worry. Ultimately, our skilled advisors work with you to get paternity leave and paternity pay correct and ensure you avoid a tribunal claim. We provide clear advice, taking into account all applicable considerations. Just click the button below:
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Redundancy Advice
One of the most difficult tasks you may face as a business owner is making employees redundant. Making redundancies could be the result of cashflow issues, a diminished need for the job, new systems, business closure, and business sales to another employer.
No matter what the reason, Employer Advice has a dedicated team who will answer your redundancy queries. Call today for free advice on any stage of the redundancy process. Just click the button below:
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Sick Pay
All employees are entitled to Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) if they are too ill to work. As a business owner, however, you may well be concerned with skyrocketing sick leave. Sick pay can be tricky to work out and you may also be looking to improve overall workplace wellbeing.
Our team of highly qualified specialists will guide you through sick pay and SSP calculations amongst your staff. We can ensure that we support businesses like yours to lead you through the right process, ease the burden, and save you time, money, and worry. Our skilled advisors work with you to get SSP right and avoid a tribunal claim. We provide clear advice, taking into account all applicable considerations. Just click the button below:
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TUPE
If you are merging with another business, or taking on new employees from a transfer, you need to know about the ‘Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006—or TUPE.
Our team of highly qualified specialists will guide you through the TUPE process. No matter what your situation, whether you are negotiating terms & conditions, contracts, gauging liability, or managing TUPE protections, we can help. Just click the button below:
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Zero Hours
Zero hours contracts are commonly used in certain industry sectors. The term is used to describe a range of casual working arrangements between an employer and employee. If your business uses zero hours contracts you should understand when and how they should be implemented. Zero hours staff retain statutory employment rights and an employment status of either worker or employee – entitling them to National Minimum Wage, paid leave and protection against discrimination.
Our team of highly qualified specialists will guide you through zero hours contracts. We will ensure that we support businesses like yours to lead you through the right process, ease the burden, and save you time, money, and worry. Our skilled advisors work with you to get zero hours correct to ensure you avoid a tribunal claim. We provide clear advice, taking into account all applicable considerations.
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