June’s top employment law FAQs
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You may have missed our latest resource designed to keep you informed about your rights and responsibilities as an employer. Our experts have compiled answers to the top 10 most frequently asked employment law questions for June.
1. How should employers treat transgender and non-binary employees when calculating the organisation's gender pay gap?
2. Is there a maximum workplace temperature beyond which employees cannot be expected to work?
3. What does dismissal for "some other substantial reason" mean?
4. Can an employer withdraw an employment offer that has been accepted, for example if there is a subsequent recruitment freeze?
5. What is a settlement agreement?
6. Is an employee who has exhausted their sick pay entitled to notice pay if dismissed on grounds of ill health?
7. What should an employer do if it suspects that an employee's reported sickness absence is not genuine and is due instead to them taking time off work to watch a football match?
8. In a redundancy situation, when do employers have to offer suitable alternative employment?
9. What defines a self-employed person?
10. Will an employee who takes time off for fertility treatment be entitled to statutory or contractual sick pay?
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