Pregnancy and fixed term contract
Can anyone help me. I’m 6 months into a fix term contract. It was initially for one year but I was recently told it would be extended to 18 months to March 2020. We really would like to try for a baby this year in view to having it mid next year (between May and […]
Car Allowance and Mileage rates
We have as standard supplied company cars. Some employees are now moving onto a car allowance of £350 a month Which mileage rate do people use in these circumstances. Company car drivers get the fuel only HMRC rates, the car allowance staff are pushing for 0.45p per mile. But we feel this is very high […]
Day Rate Contracts
We are considering moving some of our workers onto day rate contracts. I have not operated this type of contract for permenent employees before, only consultants/ contractors, and would love to hear from anyone else who has experience operating this type of contract. I am interested in looking at WTD and also NMW in connection […]
Benefits of Employee Health Screening Program
Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body; it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity. This is also applicable in everyone’s professional life as well. These days’ companies are running Employee health screening program to create a healthy environment at workplaces. It has a range of […]
Maternity Leave and Performance Rating
I was on maternity leave from sep 8 to nov 30. I took 6 weeks of paid maternity leave and 5 week unpaid maternity leave. Joined work back on Dec 1st. I was on corporate pool , looking for a project and got allocated to project on Jan 9th. Just got to know, I was […]
Is a little time and flexibility the best perk a manager can give?
According to the Health and Safety Executive, the UK lost 27.3 million working days in 2014-15 due to work-related ill health. You’d think companies would be acting swiftly to address this. And yet the recent Britain at Work report suggests there continues to be a great deal of inertia when it comes to companies making meaningful progress with […]
Zero hours contracts and annual leave
I wonder if anyone could help with an issue we are having around calculating leave for workers on zero hour contracts. I have only recently come into the organisation and I have been tasked with updating some of the contract details for existing staff to make the language used more helpful to existing staff and new starters […]
Car Allowance benchmarking for Senior Management and Directors
As part of my ongoing review of employee benefits, is anyone willing to share what they offer as car allowance for Senior Managers/Directors? We are a fairly small business and we want to ensure we are in the right ball park. We currently pay around £600 per month for our Directors. Thanks
