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Annual Closedowns
Employers may elect to close their business at certain times of the year. (Christmas/new year)
Paternity Leave
Paternity leave allows parents to take time off from their work to have time with their child following a birth.
Contractor versus Employee versus Worker
Employees, workers and contractors have different rights and responsibilities.
Sick leave
From one time to another, employing organisations will experience absence by their staff due to illness. Illness absences are usually unplanned. This makes planning and covering work difficult for employers given the short notice of illness occurrences.
Flexible Working
Flexible working can deliver a win-win situation where employees are happier and more engaged because they are better able to manage the various demands on their time.
Tests and checks
Employers can do various checks to make sure future employees can do the job they are being hired to do, that they are entitled to work in Northern Ireland, and that they are not barred from working with vulnerable groups.
Hiring young people
There are certain laws that protect the employment rights of young workers. Such laws are around health and safety, what jobs young workers can do, when they can work and how many hours they can work. If you want to employ young people — in some cases, this can include people up to the age of 25 — it is important to be aware of your legal responsibilities.
Details a written statement must contain
Employers are required to provide employees with a written statement of particulars of employment within two months of the commencement of employment.
Hours of work
The amount of hours and employee works for employer should be clearly laid out in the employment contract.
Public holidays and bank holidays
Employees are not automatically entitled to paid time off for bank and public holidays.