Managing employees/workers

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  FAQs

  Where an employer reduces a pregnant employee's working hours to avoid a risk to their health and safety, can it reduce their pay accordingly?

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  Where it is not reasonable for an employer to alter a pregnant employee's working conditions or hours of work, or doing so would not avoid the risk to their health, what should it do?

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  What does "suitable" alternative work mean in relation to a pregnant employee who cannot do their normal job for health and safety reasons?

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  What are the consequences for a pregnant employee of refusing an offer of suitable alternative employment made for health and safety reasons?

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  Where a pregnant employee is suspended on health and safety grounds will this trigger their maternity leave at a certain point?

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  Employment law cases

  Unfairly dismissed whistleblower wins £1.2 million compensation

  Compensation for a successful whistleblowing claim is unlimited, as the employer in this case found to its cost.

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  FAQs

  Should regular overtime be taken into account when calculating weekly earnings for redundancy pay purposes?

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  FAQs

  If an employee on maternity leave has given notice that they will not take the full 52 weeks, can they change their mind and take the full entitlement?

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  FAQs

  What options does an employer have where it upholds an appeal against a disciplinary decision?

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  FAQs

  Is an employer obliged to impose the same disciplinary action where two employees break the same rule?