My employee is taking repeated short-term sickness. What do I do?
Employees are sick from time to time, and quite often feel bad about letting their employer down. However, if there is a pattern of repeated short-term sickness, there can be underlying reasons why. Repeated sickness absence can be caused by a range of issues, from...
My employee is pregnant, what do I need to do?
You are required to work out whether your employee is entitled to Statutory Maternity Pay and Leave. Some Employees won’t qualify for both. Your employee should give you a MAT B1 on or after the 20th week of their pregnancy. This will allow you to work out their...
My employee is sick; do I have to pay them?
Your employee is entitled to Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) if they earn more than £112.00 per week (before tax). Currently Statutory Sick Pay is £17.69 per day or £88.45 per week. To qualify for SSP your employee will need to have been off work and sick for 4 consecutive...
How do I find out about Auto Enrolment, and what do I have to do?
Auto Enrolment is a new minefield for the small and large employer alike. Simply put, you have to set up an approved pension scheme for your employees, assess each employee for eligibility, begin to deduct appropriate pension contributions from your employees pay each...
