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Employment Law FAQs

Each year our Advice Line experts field thousands of calls from you with requests for authoritative guidance and up to date information about how the ever-changing laws and regulations of both the UK and the European Union are impacting on your business. As you might expect, some issues come up time and again - here are some of the most frequently asked.

Employment Law

In this section, we examine how to calculate holiday entitlements for part-time employees, how you should respond if an employee wants to bring his mother to a disciplinary hearing, and whether you can declare an under-performing employee redundant?

  • How do I calculate holidays for an employee who works two days a week? A full-time employee working five days a week is entitled to 24 days of holidays including Bank Holidays.
  • How much redundancy pay would an employee be due?
  • How much could an Employment Tribunal award if an employee makes a claim?
  • An employee has asked if he can bring his mother to a disciplinary hearing tomorrow. What should I say to him?
  • I am due to distribute new Statements of Particulars of Employment but would like to ask first what is the difference between the continuous service and commencement dates?
  • What happens if an employee refuses to sign their Statement of Particulars of Employment?
  • Some of my employees work eight hours each day and the rest work 10 hours a day. What breaks are they entitled to?
  • One of my employees is currently on maternity leave. She worked full time before going off and has now sent me a form saying that, when she returns, she wants to work three days per week only. Everybody else works full time ...