A Staff Member is on Maternity and Redundancies are Being Proposed- How do I Handle it?

Posted in: How do I handle it NI on 17/01/2023 “As a result of the cost-of-living crisis our business is suffering financially, we are therefore intending to downsize and reduce operations. We are proposing to make a number of redundancies, this potentially includes an employee who is off on maternity leave, how should we handle this?” Redunda...

My Employee is in Prison - How Do I Handle It?

Posted in: How do I handle it NI on 16/12/2022 “We have an employee who has recently been arrested and charged with a criminal offence after becoming involved in an altercation outside a bar during the festive period. The employee is currently remanded in custody, awaiting trial and is therefore unable to fulfil their work duties. We are unders...

Holiday Requests from Employees over the World Cup - How Do I Handle It?

Posted in: How do I handle it NI on 15/11/2022 For November 2022, we have asked the employment team at Tughans’ Solicitors to provide practical answers to unusual, sensitive or complex work-related queries. We call this feature “How do I handle it?” The articles are aimed at HR professionals and other managers who may need to deal, from time to...

Equipment Requests for Remote Working - How Do I Handle It?

Posted in: How do I handle it NI on 17/10/2022 For October 2022, we have asked the employment team at Tughans’ Solicitors to provide practical answers to unusual, sensitive or complex work-related queries. We call this feature “how do I handle it?” The articles are aimed at HR professionals and other managers who may need to deal, from time to...

Recouping Recruitment Agency Fees – How Do I Handle It?

Posted in: How do I handle it NI on 20/09/2022 “We have recently recruited an employee for a permanent vacancy. We used a recruitment agency to help source the successful candidate, thus incurring substantial fees. After being with the company nine months, the employee has resigned. We now find ourselves burdened with the recruitment agency’s f...

Extra Bank Holidays: How do I Handle it?

Posted in: How do I handle it NI on 12/09/2022 I am a human resources manager and have been asked by a number of employees about the forthcoming Bank Holiday on 19th Septmeber 2022 and whether the business will be granting this additional bank holiday. I am not sure of the answer. How do I handle it? Perhaps contrary to what you may think, ther...

Inappropriate Comments During Video Meeting – How Do I Handle It?

Posted in: How do I handle it NI on 24/08/2022 For August 2022, we have asked the employment team at Tughans’ Solicitors to provide practical answers to unusual, sensitive or complex work-related queries. We call this feature “how do I handle it?” The articles are aimed at HR professionals and other managers who may need to deal, from time to t...

Cost of Living Crises Payments – How Do I Handle It?

Posted in: How do I handle it NI on 19/07/2022 There has been much talk through the media about a cost of living crisis. I am a HR manger and have been approached by a number of employees in relation to this issue. They have spotted that a number of companies have provided one-off payments in response to increasing living costs. How do I handle...

Encouraging Staff to Return to the Office - How Do I Handle It?

Posted in: How do I handle it NI on 20/06/2022 I am a HR manager and since the COVID-19 pandemic, we are having trouble encouraging staff to return to the office. How do I handle this? The landscape of the working environment has changed substantially since the global pandemic. Many businesses have been forced to reconsider working practices, w...

Hiring Ukrainian Refugees- How Do I Handle It?

Posted in: How do I handle it NI on 21/04/2022 I have read that the UK government is facilitating Ukrainian refugees to come to the UK and that some have already arrived in NI. I am a HR manager and the organisation has job vacancies and I would wish to offer a Ukrainian refugee a job. How do I handle that? Before employing anyone, an employer ...