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Click to show the answerIs there any obligation on employers to increase the holiday entitlement of TUPE-transferred staff to match that of their existing workforce?

Click to show the answerWhere the transferor paid a particular mileage rate to transferred employees, is the transferee obliged to continue to pay them at this rate even though it is higher than its normal rate?

Click to show the answerAre there any risks attached to asking job candidates about the number of days' sickness absence they have had in the past year?

Click to show the answerCan an employee make more than one request to continue working beyond retirement in relation to an intended retirement date?

Click to show the answerAre the 10 keeping-in-touch days during maternity and adoption leave pro-rated for part-time employees?

Click to show the answerDo employees on maternity leave continue to accrue holiday during this period?

Click to show the answerIf an employee does not intend to return to work after maternity leave is she required to give notice?

Click to show the answerWhere an employee in the early stages of pregnancy is taking regular time off sick how should the employer handle the situation?

Click to show the answerWhere a job applicant is currently on maternity leave and would not wish to start the new role until the end of her maternity leave can the potential employer reject her application for this reason?

Click to show the answerWhere an employee is provided with a cash allowance instead of a company car can this be withdrawn if she goes on maternity leave?

Click to show the answerWhat is the minimum provision for maternity leave?

Click to show the answerMust keeping-in-touch days be taken in a two-week block, or can they be taken as separate days?

Click to show the answerFollowing a fatality, can directors and senior managers be prosecuted under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007?

Click to show the answerWhat is the basis for the prosecution of an organisation under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007?

Click to show the answerCan an employer be held liable for sexual or sex-related harassment by third parties?

Click to show the answerIf a business client harasses an employee, is the employer liable?

Click to show the answerTo which organisations do the Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 2004 apply?

Click to show the answerTo which employers might the Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Consultation by Employers and Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2006 apply?

Click to show the answerIs harassment expressly prohibited under the Sex Discrimination Act 1975?

Click to show the answerMust keeping-in-touch days be taken after the child's birth, or can they be taken prior to the birth?


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