Keeping in touch days
In line with legislation employers need to provide 10 keeping in touch days to employees who are on maternity leave. There is no obligation on the employees to take up the offer of all or any of the keeping in touch days, but if they do they are ...
Right to search
In some companies there will a requirement to conduct a search of employees. This process would normally form part of the employment contract and by signing the contract employees accept the stop and search requirements within a company. Co...
Paternity leave
Fathers who have worked continuously for a company for 26 weeks by the end of the 15th week before the baby is due can take paid paternity leave. This can be taken as one block of either one or two consecutive weeks (not odd days or single ...
Maternity Leave
Irrespective of length of service or hours worked, employees are entitled to 26 weeks’ Ordinary Maternity leave and up to 26 weeks’ Additional Maternity Leave, making a total of 52 weeks. Employees also have the right to return t...
Succession planning
Succession planning is a tool used by proactive companies to identify and utilise future potential from within the existing workforce. Through the appraisal process, or discussions with employees an organisation can identify those with future pot...
Induction
An induction plan should look to ensure the effective integration of employees into or across the organisation for the benefit of both parties. This allows for the smooth the introduction during the preliminary stages of employment, the new emplo...