Confidential e-mail helpline
Members have unlimited use of the Helpline service, through which they can ask questions on any employment matter. Questions are answered (by email) within 2 working days of submission. Recent questions covered topics including:
- Retirement age not specified in employment contract
- Bank holiday entitlement for part-time employees
- Accusation of bullying
- Handling requests not to retire
- Recovering overpayment of wages
- Dismissing an employee who is on long term sick leave
- Implications of staff working at home
- Handling frequent sickness absence
- Employee called for jury service
- Handling long term sickness absence
- Fixed term contract to cover maternity leave
- Handling an underperforming employee
- Transfer of employees in Practice merger
- Avoiding discrimination in recruitment
- Probationary period
- Employee suspected of theft from the dispensary
- Changing employees' hours
- Self-employed status
- Disciplinary procedure
- Flexible working rights for parents
- Gross misconduct
- Staff who work alone
- Employing young workers
- And many, many more ...