Questions and Answers

What is the legal position over bereavement leave?

I understand that the new arrangements for notifying an employer of taking bereavement leave and pay are complicated. Can you explain them?

I have several EU citizens in my workforce. Now we have left the EU how can I ensure that they can stay on in the UK working for me?

What are the Government’s plans for a new immigration policy?

We are an independent fast food takeaway with a fairly high turnover of young employees. Despite my best efforts, employees are failing to segregate out waste for recycling, claiming that they are too busy and find the system confusing. Can you suggest some simple guidelines?

I have an employee who is on sick leave. I want to contact them when their doctor’s note expires to see when they intend to return to work. Is it OK for an employer to contact an employee while they are on sick leave?

I think that one of my employees is taking sick leave but, in fact, I do not believe that he is ill at all. What can I do?

It appears that an employee has had an unauthorised day off. He phoned in sick but then posted images of himself at a public event on social media. How should I deal with him?

I am proposing to make some 10 people in the organisation redundant. What are my consultation obligations?

As an employer, what are my obligations to find suitable alternative employment in a redundancy situation?