Managing employees/workers
Updated to reflect that nurses, occupational therapists, pharmacists and physiotherapists can issue fit notes from 1 July 2022.
While many employers have now implemented a hybrid working model, challenges remain to ensure that hybrid working arrangements run smoothly. XpertHR consultant editor Darren Newman answers some of the most common legal and practical questions that hybrid working organisations have been asking us.
Jo Broadbent, counsel knowledge lawyer at Hogan Lovells, discusses the legal and best practice issues for employers in relation to the remote monitoring and surveillance of homeworkers.
The Regulations expand the list of healthcare professionals able to issue fit notes.
A quiz for line managers to test their knowledge on supporting employees through the menopause.
Employers that are operating under a hybrid working model must ensure that their sickness absence management procedures sit comfortably alongside their new working arrangements. We set out five steps that hybrid working organisations can take to ensure that sickness absence management continues to be effective.
Stephen Simpson, principal employment law editor here at XpertHR, joins us to talk about how employers that are operating under a hybrid working model must ensure that their sickness absence management procedures sit comfortably alongside their new working arrangements.
Many employers that have introduced hybrid working arrangements are finding that employees who have worked remotely from overseas want to continue to do so. Employers may therefore have additional considerations when formulating any hybrid and return-to-work policies.
As the number of monkeypox cases in the UK rises, employers have been advised to conduct risk assessments and ensure they follow standard sickness procedures if a worker becomes infected. Ashleigh Webber pulls together advice for employers whose staff may be infected or at risk of infection with monkeypox.
Blair Adams joins us to talk about the tricky issues that can arise when investigating allegations of improper conduct, such as sexual or racial harassment, bullying or discrimination.
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