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Modern slavery: ensure supply chain transparency
How businesses can take active steps to ensure transparency in their supply chain and the benefits of tackling modern slavery.
How to tackle modern slavery and the business benefits
Advantages of tackling modern slavery and practical action businesses can take to address this issue.
Foundation degrees: providing higher education qualifications to improve employees' skills
Helping Northern Ireland employers provide higher education qualifications to improve their employees' skills.
Employers' experiences of Foundation degrees
Find out how Foundation degrees have benefited employers in Northern Ireland.
Parental leave and time off for dependants
Statutory rights to unpaid leave for employees with children and other dependants.
Agreeing a workplace parental leave scheme
How you should go about agreeing on a parental leave scheme with your employees or their representatives.
Contractual issues during parental leave
Continuing contractual obligations during parental leave - dealing with redundancy, annual leave, and bonus payments.
Parental leave notification and postponement
Employee notice periods for parental leave and circumstances where the start of the leave period may be postponed.
Returning to work after parental leave
Circumstances in which an employee is, or is not, entitled to return to the same job after parental leave.
Reasons for taking parental leave
What an employee can and can't take parental leave for.
Disciplinary procedures, hearings and appeals
How to set up disciplinary rules and procedures in your business and the disciplinary action you can take.
Minimum requirements of workplace parental leave schemes
What a parental scheme must contain and suggestions on how you can enhance it to benefit your employees.
Time off to deal with emergencies involving dependants
An employee's right to take time off at short notice, eg to deal with illness or attend a partner's childbirth.
When parental leave can be taken and for how long
Limits on when parental leave can be taken and its duration, plus how to deal with irregular working weeks.
Hours, rest breaks and the working week
The rules about working hours and how best employers can manage them.
Informal and formal action for misconduct and poor performance
How to manage disciplinary issues informally and when formal action is required for misconduct and poor performance.
Dealing with grievances raised during disciplinary procedures
What to do if an employee claims the disciplinary action you have taken against them is discriminatory or unfounded.
Telling staff about disciplinary rules and procedures
The rules on conduct and misconduct and the procedure to follow if the rules are broken.
Disciplinary procedures and the employment contract
How to communicate your disciplinary rules and procedure and whether or not to make them contractual.
Preparing for a formal disciplinary hearing
How to organise attendees and evidence to ensure a disciplinary meeting runs smoothly.