An Employer’s Guide to Absence Management – Part 3
An employer's guide to absence management - Part 3 In Part 2 we focused on the importance of record keeping, the use of absence management [...]
December 2018
An Employers Guide to Absence Management – Part 2
An Employers Guide to Absence Management - Part 2 In Part 1 we focused on identifying types of absence (read here). Part 2 will focus [...]
November 2018
An Employer’s Guide to Absence Management – Part 1
An Employer's Guide to Absence Management - Part 1 Identifying sickness absence Sickness absence can prove very costly for employers irrespective of the size of [...]
How employers can limit the dangers of shift work?
How employers can limit the dangers of shift work? What is Shift Work? HSE Defines Shift Working as: There is no specific definition of [...]
An Employers Guide to Annual Leave Requests
An Employers Guide to Annual Leave Requests It is rapidly approaching that time of year when employers become inundated with last minute annual leave [...]
October 2018
An employers guide to Gas Safety – The dangers of Carbon monoxide
An employers guide to Gas Safety - The dangers of Carbon monoxide Carbon monoxide (CO) can leak from badly fitted or poorly maintained gas appliances. It [...]
September 2018
What is RPE, or Respiratory Protective Equipment?
What is RPE, or Respiratory Protective Equipment? RPE is there to: Protect the wearer from a variety of hazards; Suit a variety of work [...]
Should checking emails while commuting count as work?
Should checking emails while commuting count as work? With the advances in mobile phone technology and improved Wi-Fi on trains, commuters are more frequently [...]
Can I use restrictive covenants to stop staff working for competitors?
Can I use restrictive covenants to stop staff working for competitors? Post-termination obligations (restrictive covenants) within a contract of employment whereby the employee agrees [...]
August 2018
Should you allow vaping in your work environment?
Should you allow vaping in your workplace? The ‘smoking ban’ has been in place since July 2007. The ban includes smoking in work vehicles [...]