All our HR tips from 2008: click on the links to read any of the HR tips.
December 2008
Employing a married couple
Dealing with a poor performer
Smoke breaks
November 2008
Qualifying to claim unfair dismissal
Employment end date
Gross misconduct
Withholding statutory sick pay
October 2008
Timing of redundancy notice
Validity of warnings
Misuse of redundancy
Learning Chinese
Tired employee
September 2008
Entitlements on gross misconduct
Phone strike
Obtaining redundancy form
Retiring an elderly employee
August 2008
Custom and practice
Implied contractual terms
Continuity of employment
Sexual harassment
July 2008
Dyslexia – a disability?
Demands for contractual statements
A new fair reason for dismissal
Problems of confidentiality
Heavy lifting and sex discrimination
June 2008
Time off for redundant employees
Making notes in disciplinary hearings
Reinstatement and re-engagement
Lateness and absence caused by transport strike
May 2008
Pets at work
Calculating pay-in-lieu of notice
New recruit fails to arrive
Recovering training costs from departing employee
Employing husband and wife in same unit
April 2008
Employee relocation
Does raising standards require new contract?
Return after redundancy
Mobile phone use
March 2008
Proof of drunkenness
Satisfactory references
Time off for funerals
Redundancy – bumping
February 2008
Companion at informal warning
Advising retirement age employees of their rights
Alcohol on site
Lawful discrimination
January 2008
Reducing company car standard
The disappearing employee
Pre-employment medicals
Monitoring bullying
Controlling absence
