Holiday Pay & Overtime Dear Jenny I have heard that holiday pay will now include overtime and I might be able to get a back payment to 1998, is this correct? Thank you for your question. There was a new ruling following the Bear Scotland case which may potentially have an impact on your holiday [...]
Statutory Maternity Leave Q) I have just found out that I am pregnant and I am wondering whether I will be eligible for statutory maternity pay or not. I've only been working in my current job for the last two months. A) First of all congratulations! Secondly, even though you have just started your new [...]
Falsification of Timesheets I am a local employer and it has come to my attention that one of my employees is not completing his time sheet accurately. We write down the time that we enter the premises for work and when we leave. I have noticed that the employee sometimes leaves a couple of minutes [...]
Apprenticeships - Statutory Rights Question I would really like to start an apprenticeship, but I am not sure what my rights are and whether I would get paid the national minimum wage and whether I am entitled to any holidays etc. Answer The short answer is yes you do have all the statutory rights. Traditionally, [...]
Christmas Party Frolics It is that time of year again when we are asked so many questions about the infamous Christmas party. We have had questions this year about employees fighting, an employee who has committed an act of sexual harassment towards another and one party where two colleagues were found having sex during the [...]
Maternity Leave and Pay Q. Dear Jenny, I have just found out that I am pregnant. I only started working for my current employer two months ago and I am worried I won't be able to take maternity leave or claim maternity pay. I might end up having to come straight back to work. A. [...]
Settlement Agreements Q1. Dear Jenny, there have been a round of redundancies at my place of work and I have been chosen. My boss has approached me and asked me to sign a Settlement Agreement, please can you tell me what this is because I don't really understand what it will mean for me? A1. [...]
Non-Payment of Wages Question: Until recently I worked for a local cleaning company, but my employer did not pay me my wages at the end of September so I had no option but to leave. The cleaning company has contracts with several local businesses to clean their work premises. When I did not receive my [...]
Dress Code Q1. Dear Jenny, I would like your help with a problem I have with one of my staff. She is front of house and is on her feet for the majority of the day dealing with customers. She has started wearing fairly revealing clothes, actually since the summer started and I think it [...]
Holidays including Bank Holidays Q1. Dear Jenny, I read your last article about bank holidays and wanted to ask you about the upcoming summer holidays. I have two children, both at school and I have four weeks of the summer holidays that I have no childcare for. This is due to unexpected circumstances and I [...]
