ACAS has reported that over 95,000 premature or sick babies are born each year in the UK. As a result, it has issued new guidance for employers in supported affected parents they employ. What is the law? All new mothers are entitled to 52 weeks of maternity leave, either ordinary or additional. Maternity Read more about Guidance for employers to support working parents with premature or sick babies[…]
Should voluntary overtime, normally worked, be included when calculating an employee’s holiday pay? What is overtime? This is defined as time worked over an employee’s normal working hours. This can be either voluntary or compulsory. Voluntary overtime is extra hours that the employer does not have to offer and the employee does not Read more about Voluntary Overtime included in Holiday Pay[…]
As most people will be aware, the BBC recently revealed how much their top presenters earn, which has again raised the issue of the gender pay gap. Chris Evans, Radio 2 and former Top Gear presenter, topped the list, earning more than £2.2M during the financial year 2016-2017, whilst the top female earner was Read more about BBC releases gender pay gap report[…]
The Bradford Factor system is a way of measuring levels of sickness absence within organisations. An employee’s score is calculated by taking the number of absence incidents and multiplying this by itself, then multiplying by the total number of days’ absence within a 12-month rolling period. Why use the system? The Bradford Factor Read more about How the Bradford Factor system works – Managing Absence[…]