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Equal pay law overview
How domestic equal pay law protects the rights of employees to receive equal pay for equal work.
What is equal work?
How the terms 'like work', 'work rated as equivalent', 'work of equal value', and 'pay' are defined.
Other key HR policies and templates
Sample documents to help you develop employment policies that follow good practices and comply with legislation.
Equal pay - the law and best practice
Understand your legal responsibilities under the equal pay legislation and follow best practice advice.
Industrial disputes
How to avoid industrial disputes and collective grievances with sections of your workforce, and how to resolve them.
Overtime and health and safety issues
Health and safety issues when managing overtime.
Overtime and time off in lieu
Time off in lieu of overtime and how to avoid owing too much time at the end of the year.
Overtime and flexible working
How flexible working could provide a more cost-effective alternative to overtime.
Using overtime successfully
Regulations on overtime and avoiding excessive overtime.
Equal pay, pregnancy and maternity leave
The rights of employees who are pregnant or on maternity leave to receive pay rises and bonuses.
Benefits of carrying out an equal pay audit
How to audit your pay system to make sure it is transparent, equal and fair.
Equal pay: upcoming legal changes
Changes that will come into force in relation to the Employment Act (NI) 2016.
Defences to an equal pay claim
Valid reasons why an employer might lawfully be able to impose unequal pay and other terms of employment.
Equal pay questionnaires
The rights of employees to make enquiries about pay arrangements to find out if they receive equal pay.
HR documents and templates
Key human resources forms, templates, letters, and policies to create an HR library for your business.
Responsibilities to employees if you buy or sell a business
TUPE regulations and your employees' rights if they are transferred into or out of your business.
Managing employee use of social media
How to best manage employee use of social media, including how to develop a social media policy.
Work effectively with trade unions
Employer guidance on trade unions including their roles, legal rights, effects, and benefits.
Improving relations with trade union representatives
How to ensure that relations with trade union officials run as smoothly as possible.
The role of trade unions and their representatives
How employers can work with trade unions on collective bargaining, information and consultation, and attendance at disciplinary and grievance hearings.