HR Hazards

In the HR Inner Circle, the private membership club the author runs for smart, ambitious HR Professionals, there are confidential Q&A sessions every few weeks plus a thriving online community. In this book, you'll find seventy of the most popular questions asked, together with model answers. Topics include: Working Time and Minimum Wage GDPR Contract Grievances and disciplinaries Holiday pay Sickness absence Discrimination DismissalExamples of the 70 questions are:What's the law for taking time off for doctor, dentist and other appointments?Can we routinely issuing a medical questionnaire as part of the starter pack in light of the GDPR?Do employees continue to accrue holiday during a sabbatical?Can an employer require a junior employee to alert them to potential data protection breaches by other members of staff?What should we pay an employee during their notice period, if they're signed off sick? Normal pay? Or statutory sick pay?In a SAR, are notes in a manager's notepad, prepared in advance of the meeting, disclosable?What distance can a restrictive covenant cover?If an employee makes a racist remark on their personal Facebook account outside of working hours, would the employer be liable for any offence caused towards their employees?In a disciplinary, if an employee wants to be accompanied by a representative from a trade union that is not recognised by the business, can you stop them from coming?In a redundancy case, must an employee specifically raise bumping before an employer needs to consider it?How long should we should delay a disciplinary hearing if a trade union representative is unavailable? Can you compel someone to be a witness in an employment tribunal?