Performance related pay, bonuses, commissions and tips Often an employer will want to reward employees in ways other than by the payment of a fixed hourly rate. This may be to reflect the variable nature of the work, to give employees an incentive to work harder or simply to allow the employee to benefit...

Maternity leave Pregnant employees are entitled to take up to 52 weeks statutory maternity leave at the time of the birth of their child, no matter how long they have worked for an employer. It is important that all such employees are aware of the rights which they possess and that employers too are...

Equal Pay Despite over 38 years of equal pay legislation, and despite the growth in protection afforded to all groups by the anti-discrimination legislation, nevertheless there continues to be a disparity in the rates at which different workers are paid for what amounts to the same, or a broadly similar,...

Dismissal for gross misconduct In most cases where an employer dismisses someone without notice and without going through the correct procedures, it will amount to wrongful and possibly unfair dismissal. The exception to this is where the employee has acted in such a way that the consequences to the...

Grievances procedures It is almost certain that in any business, no matter how well run it is, there will be a need for the employer to take disciplinary procedures against an employee or a need for an employee to complain about some aspect of his or her employment. For this reason, if no other, it...