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Eye Protection at Work
Handling chemicals under high pressure can carry a range of risks at work. Any job that involves airborne hazardous substances carries a risk of eye injury. To reduce these risks, all employees need to wear proper eye protection and follow the correct health & safety measures…
Resignation
As an employer, staff come and go all the time. How you deal with employment resigning is crucial, you must ensure you act correctly. Failure to provide the correct notice period or the correct pay may lead to a claim being made against you. It’s vital the employee gives you…
Late for Work
From time to time, some of your employees will be late to work. Whether they are delayed in traffic, their car has broken down, or have slept through their alarm–being late is part of life. But lateness can become costly to your business and affect its productivity. If an…
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Employee Wellbeing
As an employer, how your employees are feeling is vitally important to their productivity and overall happiness. You should never ignore the…
Employee Handbook
As an employer, you need to make it clear to your new employees what is expected of them during their time with you. This includes conduct…
Marital Status Discrimination
As an employer, making your workplace welcoming and inclusive should be two of your main priorities. An inclusive workplace can lead to…
Safety Signs
As an employer, you have a responsibility to your workers to keep them safe at all times. This means carrying out risk assessments, creating…
Pregnancy Risk Assessment
In the workplace, there are many health and safety risks which affect new and expectant mothers. Working conditions that are usually…
Redundancy
As a business owner, you may be left with the tough decision of making some employees redundant. For all employers, this is one of the…
Management of Health & Safety
In line with laws for health & safety, you must provide a safe and healthy workplace for your employees. This requires you to meet your…
Overtime
As an employer, you must include several terms of employment in an employee’s contract. There may be occasions when an employee is asked to…
Termination of Employment
As with all things, eventually one of your employees' time with your business will come to an end. There are different types of termination…
Fatal Work Accidents
Fatal accidents at work are one of the most difficult matters you may have to deal with. As an employer, you have a duty of care to your…
Retirement
As a business owner, it's inevitable that your employees will eventually choose to retire. So as an employer, you need to understand your…
Adoption Leave
For many people across the UK - adopting a child is the realisation of a lifelong dream. But when the adoption goes through, you have a…