This Practice Note explains the application of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) Code of Practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures (often...
Both employers and employees are obliged to comply with the principles of fairness set out in the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) Code...
The Acas Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures places obligations on both employees and employers to comply with its provisions or face possible...
Performance management is central to the relationship between employee and manager. Both should know what needs to be done to meet their own goals and contribute to those...
An informal performance management meeting can usefully be divided into two phases: • explaining in discussion with the employee what the gap is between his actual...
An appraisal process can deliver significant improvements in morale, skills and staff retention, but to achieve these goals everyone involved needs to understand how to...
Performance management is central to the relationship between employee and manager. Both should know what needs to be done to meet their own goals and...
The essence of any performance management process is the relationship between employee and manager. Both should know what needs to be done to meet their own goals and...
Where a conduct issue arises in the workplace, the first stage in managing that issue is to investigate the problem, in order to establish the facts of the...
In cases of apparent misconduct, the first stage is for a disciplinary investigation to be conducted. Once that is complete, the investigator will review the...
Under-performing employees can cause a serious drain on management time and also have a knock-on effect on the treatment of other employees: • employees who are...
This Practice Note discusses the impact of Brexit on the general processing of personal data under the General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679...
What is BYOD? 'Bring your own device' (BYOD) refers to arrangements where an organisation allows designated employees to connect to its corporate IT network using their...
It is highly likely that an employer will, at some time during the employment relationship, wish to change the terms and conditions on which any particular employee or...
Failures to comply with the right to be accompanied Workers may present a complaint to an employment tribunal where the employer has failed, or threatened to fail, to: •...
Information and consultation is a vital part of any kind of dismissal and, if the employer wishes to minimise the risk of liability to pay compensation to affected...
