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Creating and updating workplace policies to focus on diversity and inclusion - Greiner Packaging Ltd
Maeve Turbitt, People & Culture Generalist, explains how Greiner Packaging has reviewed existing workplace policies and developed new ones focusing on equality and diversity with the help of the Equality Commission.
Get help to review your equality-related workplace policies
How to access help and advice from the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland to develop and improve workplace equality policies.
Equality monitoring and review of your business
Monitoring can help you to identify equality issues or problems that affect your employees.
Advantages of workplace equality plans
Developing a workplace equality plan can bring a number of benefits to your business.
How to develop an equality plan
Practical steps to develop a workplace equality plan tailored to the specific needs of your business.
Redundancy: the options
Employer legal obligations when making employees redundant.
What is redundancy?
Explanation of redundancy and the reasons for dismissing staff on the grounds of redundancy.
Avoiding redundancies
Alternatives to compulsory redundancy.
Rights of redundant employees
The employee's right to statutory redundancy payments, other redundancy-related rights, and how employers can calculate payments.
Redundancy selection: compulsory
How employers can fairly select employees for compulsory redundancy.
Redundancy selection: non compulsory
Pros and cons of voluntary redundancy and early retirement options.
Redundancy and short-time working
Contract and statutory issues relating to short-time working, including statutory guarantee and redundancy payments.
The redundancy consultation process
Redundancy consultation and other legal obligations during the redundancy process.
Redundancy and lay-offs
Contractual and statutory issues for laying off employees, including statutory guarantee and redundancy payments.
Shift work involving Sunday and/or night work
Understand shift systems that can be used to plan Sunday and/or night work and how to design one for your employees.
Terms and conditions for Sunday and night workers
Best practice to help set terms and conditions for your night and Sunday workers.
Potential problems following redundancy
Avoid claims of unfair dismissal and help with redundancy payments.
What a contract of employment is
The various documents and agreements that can form part of a contract of employment.
Help for redundant employees
Practical advice and support for employees facing redundancy.
Sunday working and night working
An outline of the Sunday and night-working laws and advice on how best to look after Sunday and night staff.