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Managing staff performance
Establishing clearly defined objectives and appraisal systems can help employees and improve business performance.
Managing staff holiday entitlement: five top tips
Follow these tips to help you successfully manage each worker’s holiday entitlement.
Agreeing performance objectives with staff
Objectives should be specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-based (SMART).
Carrying out the performance appraisal
Appraisals can be between an employee and their line manager or conducted using a 360-degree system.
Holiday pay on termination of employment
Calculating holiday pay when workers leave your employment.
Advantages of performance appraisals
Performance targets and appraisals identify areas for improvement and increase efficiency and employee performance.
Recruiting people with disabilities
How employers can adjust and take positive steps to recruit people with a disability.
Set up a staff records system
How and where to store information on your workers and who should have access to the data.
Staff records
Legal obligations for employers when gathering, keeping and using information on workers.
The staff records you must and should keep
What staff records you must keep to comply with the Data Protection Act.
Advantages of keeping staff records
How keeping staff records can benefit your business.
Staff records: your data protection obligations
How to comply with the Data Protection Act and staff data processing policies.
How long must staff records be kept?
Statutory and best-practice retention periods for staff records.
A worker's right to access their records
Subject access requests for workers to access data held on them.
Allowing time off work
When staff have a statutory right to time off, when it must be paid, and how to deal with discretionary requests.
Time off work for training and certain job-related duties and activities
Time off for training for those to be made redundant, union and safety representatives, and pension scheme trustees.
Who has the right to time off work and when is it paid?
Time off for trade union work, TUPE consultation, pension scheme, and public duties is a paid, statutory requirement.
Time off work for information and consultation purposes
Time off to be a representative in redundancy and transfer situations, and to attend information and consultation meetings.
Time off work for personal commitments and emergencies
An employee's right to unpaid time off to look after dependants in an emergency, discretionary and extended leave.
Time off for public and judicial service and duties
Time off rights for employees taking part in activities relating to public bodies and the legal system.