Question of the Month: How can we make an employee redundant? Should we make an employee redundant using a settlement agreement for an underperforming employee? Answer We have been asked this several times in the last month so we thought it was an important one to...
It’s Getting Hot in Here Summer has finally arrived in full force… How many times over the past weeks have you said the word, ‘hot’? We have experienced unusually high temperatures, hitting 38 degrees in some places. If the news is anything to go by, this...
Top Questions for July 2019 A visual summary of the top questions fielded by DLP Advisors in July 2019. Click image to enlarge Additional Reading DLP Legal Wins Employment Tribunal for Hairdresser Employment Law, Featured Posts, HRRuling for hairdresser misclassified...
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...