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Employee representatives
Understand the role of employee representatives and situations when you may need to consult them on issues affecting your workforce.
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.
Make your business more sustainable: eight top tips
Eight tips on making your business more sustainable, efficient and profitable by eliminating unnecessary costs.
Staff security: employer responsibilities
Ensure your workers' safety and security by assessing the potential risks.
How to become a successful woman in business
Tips, guidance and support for potential women entrepreneurs on taking the rights steps when starting a business
How entrepreneurial are women in NI?
Overview of female entrepreneurship in Northern Ireland and support available to help women get started in business
Pay: employer obligations
Understand your legal obligations as an employer when paying your staff.
Paying workers holiday pay
Employees' entitlement to paid annual leave.
Employee representatives during collective redundancy situations
Consulting employee representatives when you are planning to make 20 or more employees redundant.
Employee representatives during business transfers
Consulting employee representatives when employees are transferring from one employer to another.
Pension representatives
Consulting employee representatives on pension matters.