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Simon Forrest, Chambers & Cook
Help, my staff member has a love bite on show?
From time to time I see a post on Facebook Group that makes me wonder why we don't get calls on the above. It seems love bites aren't confined to our teenage years and that employees up and down the Country are driving their bosses nuts by attending work with love...
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What happens when your staff turn up for work and are hungover?
Tis the season to be jolly…but this one can occur all year round. With the festivities rapidly approaching, what are the risks for businesses with people over indulging in the celebrations with 1 or 2 too many Eggnogs and then attending work next day, some what worse...
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Dealing with a heat of the moment resignation in a Day Nursery or Pre-school setting
She’s walked… From time to time we get a call from a retained client that an employee has walked off the premises, often after an incident or what we technically describe in the office as a ‘right ol’ ding dong’. Whilst wherever this occurs this will be an issue, in...
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Probationary Periods & why using them carefully is so important
From Apri 2020 your contracts of employment need to show whether you have a probationary period. But remember they only occur once in employment, they don't reappear when you issue a new contract or when someone has a promotion or new title. Probationary Periods have...
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Understanding your Early Years’ Training Options
This week we have a guest blog from our neighbour Amanda Durnall at Experiential Training & Learning Ltd. If you would like to discuss Early Years' qualifications with Amanda or Lynsey, you can reach them on info@etl.education. Background Since the changes to funding...
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Help, My female Nursery Nurse has started a relationship with one of the Dads!
Help, My female Nursery Nurse has started a relationship with one of the Dads! This actually isn’t that uncommon. We hear it probably a couple of times a year. When the Nursery Owner first hears it they tend to think the worse and then we come up with a plan and a...
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Can an employer say no to a flexible working request?
Yes they can, so long as they can show that they have given the request due consideration and haven't discriminated. It is not uncommon for employees returning from maternity leave to request flexible working. Agreeing to changes may cause a detriment to the business,...
read moreIs fixing holiday to school holidays indirect discrimination for certain religious groups?
Recently we were asked whether a small Pre-school's approach to fix holidays to school holidays and only permit staff to take unpaid leave in term time if they could arrange someone to cover them was in actual fact discriminatory behaviour. The concern was that some...
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World Cup – What to do when the business wants to stop to watch football!
How do I balance employees' understandable interest with the needs of the business? You are not the first person to have asked me about this. World Cup fever is setting in around the country, right on the back of Royal Wedding fever. Even ACAS is on board and has...
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Keeping Documents To Prove An Applicants Right to Work
Checking Documents It's quite often that we read that your Local Authority Advisor has said you can't keep documents that you have used to check a job applicants right to work in the UK. Just great, and will they accompany you in court when you are in trouble for...
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Chris D. Redditch