Question of the Month: Fashion faux pas or right to express yourself? Two employees are dressing to look like Barbie by wearing very long false eyelashes and loud contact lenses. They are beginning to look like android/doll versions of themselves. What should we do?...
Banter or Bullying? Know the Difference… With Sherif making an early exit for alleged “play fighting” that got out of control, how can you manage the banter in the office before it goes from harmless to harmful? There is no doubt that an element of banter is good for...
Ghosting: Where Do You Stand When Your Employee Goes AWOL? We are regularly asked the question about AWOL employees and what to do when you are phoning and leaving messages for employees and it is proving impossible to contact them or track them down. Recent figures...
Can an Organisation Stop Romantic Relationships at Work? A number of questions have been asked in the last few weeks about what to do when romantic relationships occur at work and what companies should be doing about it. What are the relevant legal rules around this...
Top Questions for June 2019 A visual summary of the top questions fielded by DLP Advisers in June 2019. Click image to enlarge The top questions in June were… TUPE – 33% Sickness – 25% Welfare – 16% Contractual Terms – 13% Disciplinary...
Should Our Company Have a Disability Policy? We were asked recently whether a company needs to have a specific disability policy in place. Answer Our advice would be No this is not required. There can never be a specific policy on this due to the diversity of issues...
