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Equal pay law and employer best practice
Legal responsibilities for Northern Ireland employers under the equal pay legislation and best practice advice.
Equal pay and occupational pension schemes
How equal pay provisions apply to employee rights and occupational pension schemes.
Choosing a comparator for equal pay claims
How a female employee can choose the colleague or colleagues she wants to be compared to.
Equal pay and part-time work
The rights of part-time workers to equal pay and other treatment that is not unfavourable.
Defences to an equal pay claim
Valid reasons why an employer might lawfully be able to impose unequal pay and other terms of employment.
Equal pay, pregnancy and maternity leave
The rights of employees who are pregnant or on maternity leave to receive pay rises and bonuses.
Benefits of carrying out an equal pay audit
How to audit your pay system to make sure it is transparent, equal, and fair.
Equal pay: Upcoming legal changes
Changes that will come into force in relation to the Employment Act (NI) 2016.
Equal pay questionnaires
The rights of employees to make enquiries about pay arrangements to find out if they receive equal pay.
Equal pay law overview
How equal pay law in Northern Ireland protects the rights of employees to receive equal pay for equal work.
What is equal work?
How the terms 'like work', 'work rated as equivalent', 'work of equal value', and 'pay' are defined.
Bullying and harassment
Avoid industrial tribunal or civil claims by preventing offensive or unfair behaviour in the workplace.
Manage overtime
Legal issues involved in managing overtime.
Overtime and part-time employees
Overview of how using part-time employees could reduce your dependency on overtime.
Advantages and disadvantages of overtime
Advantages and disadvantages of using overtime such as a more flexible workforce.
Overtime and health and safety issues
Health and safety issues when managing overtime.
Overtime and employment contracts
Overtime payment rates, call-out payments, and employment contracts.
Overtime and time off in lieu
Time off in lieu of overtime and how to avoid owing too much time at the end of the year.
Overtime and flexible working
How flexible working could provide a more cost-effective alternative to overtime.
Maternity pay
Eligibility for statutory maternity pay (SMP), how to recover SMP payments, and the option of enhancements to SMP.