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Handling grievances
How to keep staff and maintain morale by resolving grievances effectively and quickly.
Pregnancy at work
Pregnant employees' rights in relation to health and safety, antenatal care, and dismissal/discrimination.
Employees' right to paid time off for antenatal care
A pregnant employee is entitled to paid time off to attend antenatal care appointments during working hours.
Grievance procedures and the employment contract
How to communicate your grievance procedure and whether or not to make it contractual.
Health and safety of pregnant workers
Employers' additional health and safety obligations towards pregnant workers and female workers of childbearing age.
Medical suspension on maternity grounds
When an employee who is pregnant, or has recently given birth, or who is breast-feeding may have to be suspended from work on maternity grounds.
Appeals against grievance decisions
What an employer can do when an employee appeals against the decision of the first grievance hearing.
Writing your grievance procedure
A grievance procedure deals with grievances in a fair and reasonable manner.
Breastfeeding and the workplace
How employers can support employees to continue breastfeeding on their return to work after maternity leave.
Holding a grievance hearing
How to run a grievance hearing, informing the employee of its outcome and dealing with delays.
The legal consequences of failing to gain statutory immunity
How the law works when the statutory immunities do not apply, making any subsequent industrial action unlawful.
Your responsibilities to employees transferred into your business
You take over certain responsibilities when an employee is transferred into your business.
Dismissal before or after a business transfer
Continuity of employment, dismissals, and the ETO defence for a business transfer.
Conducting negotiations to resolve disputes
The importance of effective negotiating styles and skills when dealing with disputes.
Legal issues during industrial action
The rules for dismissal during industrial action or picketing, and pay for striking workers.
Avoiding disputes with your workforce
How open communication can help create a conflict-free working environment and prevent disputes from arising.
Staff security: employer responsibilities
Ensure your workers' safety and security by assessing the potential risks.
TUPE legislation in Northern Ireland
Employer guidance on TUPE legislation in Northern Ireland.
What is meant by a TUPE transfer
What is and what is not included as a transfer for the purposes of TUPE.
Pay: employer obligations
Understand your legal obligations as an employer when paying your staff.