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Webinar - Hybrid Working
This webinar provides an overview to employers considering introducing hybrid working in their organisation. It complements the Labour Relations Agency ‘Practical Guide to Hybrid Working’, available to view or download free from our website.
504 Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997
This Order further amends the 1989 Order of the same name which specifies a number of persons or bodies as public authorities for certain purposes and provides for persons who are to be treated for such purposes as the employees of some of those authorities.
No 78 The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2014
This Order makes changes to social security benefits related to employment such as Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) and Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP).
No 69 The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2013
This Order makes changes to social security benefits related to employment such as Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) and Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP).
Suspension
An employer may decide to suspend an employee temporarily from work if they are involved in a disciplinary situation, or for maternity or medical reasons. Usually an employee who is suspended is entitled to their normal pay during their suspension.
The Cost of Workplace Conflict Podcast
Recent research has estimated the cost of workplace conflict for employers in Northern Ireland to be £851 million per year.
For the fifth podcast in our series on "Challenging Workplaces", we are joined by one of the authors of the research, Professor Richard Saundry from Westminster University, along with Nicola Barber, Chair of CIPD Northern Ireland, and our own Director of Employment Services, Mark McAllister, to discuss the topic and how managerial capability could help reduce these costs.
Who is an employee?
There are differences between ‘employees’, ‘workers’ and ‘contractors’. These differences in status can affect rights and responsibilities in the workplace.
Amendment to the Working Time Regulations - Pay and Carryover of holidays
The Working Time (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 came into force on 1st January 2024 and set out the legal obligations on carry over of holiday and what constitutes pay for the purposes of calculating holiday pay.
SSP Entitlement Northern Ireland – Temporary Extension
Temporary changes were made to the SSP Regulations effective from 14th December 2020 to deal with the exceptional circumstances faced by employers and employees in relation to Covid related illness.
No 91 The Statutory Shared Parental Pay (Administration) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
These Regulations provide for the funding of employers' liabilities to make payments of statutory shared parental pay; they also impose obligations on employers in connection with such payments and confer powers on the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.