The cold snap has arrived, and unfortunately, with winter, comes sickness and many businesses are faced with escalating employee absenteeism and requests for sick leave. But there are tools and techniques you can use to help quantify, monitor and manage the problem of sick leave and other unplanned absences.
Looks like I started having kids a year too early! Government paid parental leave has been on the increase for the past few years, but is getting a major hike on 1st July when it goes from 18 to 22 weeks.
Most businesses know its good practice to provide financial support to employees who are undertaking further training – after all, the business themselves should be benefitting from the increased knowledge gained by the employee.
But what happens when the employee cuts & runs before the business feels they have benefitted from the knowledge the employee gained on the course?
The Labour government has proposed changes to the 90 day trial period, by only allowing it to be used by companies that employ 19 or less people, but it hasn’t become law just yet.