6 years ago Can an employee returning from parental leave request to become part-time? Can we notify him of our offer to employ him on a casual basis only?
6 years ago Can we direct a retrenched employee to take annual leave? Can the employer direct the employee to take annual leave to reduce their leave accrual and the amount payable to them upon cessation of their employment?
6 years ago Are we responsible for property stolen from the staffroom? What obligation does an employer have when an employee's personal property is stolen from the staffroom by an outsider?
6 years ago Can annual leave be used for sick days when personal leave is exhausted? If an employee has used up their personal leave due to illness, can they be paid by using their annual leave?
6 years ago Is a senior manager too senior to be suspended? Is it standard process to stand down a senior manager accused of bullying during the investigation period due to their position of power?
6 years ago Can we extend an employee’s probationary period? If an employee has completed their probationary period, can we extend their probationary period for a further 3 months?
6 years ago What happens if an employee fails to work their notice? Can you class this as abandonment of employment and terminate them immediately, without paying the one week's notice?
6 years ago Are we liable for a consultant’s employee if they use our premises? Is there any risk associated with this? If we were to tell the consultant and her PA they could no longer use our premises due to a seating shortage, would there be any risk to us?
6 years ago What can we do about an employee who takes excessive smoking breaks? Can we limit the number of times a person takes a smoking break?
6 years ago Does an employee accrue annual leave when taking long service leave? During the 4 months of being on LSL, does additional annual leave still accrue when his last working day was at end of October 2018?
6 years ago Can we reduce a full-time employee’s hours? Can we reduce an employee's hours by half a day?
6 years ago How do we help an employee who is suffering with depression and anxiety? What are our rights/obligations when managing him within the business, especially regarding redundancy?
6 years ago Can we reinstate full-time work for a stressed employee? Are there any legal or underlying issues with increasing her days again?
6 years ago Maximum redundancy pay If we are going to make an employee redundant, is there a threshold/maximum amount that we need to pay when the employee's salary is over a certain level?
6 years ago Can an employee waive their salary to accrue annual leave? We approved an employee to go into negative annual leave. They would like to make up the leave by working additional hours. Is this allowed?
