Human Resource Services

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES TO MINIMUM WAGE:-

16 - 17 YEAR OLD £ 3.40

18-21 YEAR OLD £ 4.60

22 + £ 5.52

Limit on guarantee payments from 1/2/2008 £20.40 per day

Limit on a week's redundancy pay from 1/2/2008 £330 per week.

Holidays entitlements expected to change on 1st October 2007, increasing to 20 days + bank holidays.

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING RATES HAVE CHANGED TO:

Maternity Pay - £ 117.18

Paternity Pay - £ 117.18

Maternity Adoption & Paternity Pay - £ 117.18

S S P - £ 75.40

THE EARNINGS THRESHOLD FOR SSP PAYMENT WILL RISE FROM £84.00 - £87.00 PER WEEK.

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES TO HOLIDAY ENTITLEMENTS:

FROM OCTOBER 2007 THE MINIMUM HOILDAY ENTILEMENT WILL BE 24 DAYS INCLUDING THE 8 BANK HOLIDAYS.

FROM APRIL 2009 THE MINIMUM HOLIDAY ENTITLEMENT WILL BE 28 DAYS INCLUDING THE 8 BANK HOLIDAYS.

Once you become a client of M. B. Thomas Consultancy Limited, we will ensure that you are aware of changes in the law before they take effect and help you to anticipate potential problems. We take a proactive approach, using law to protect your business. A personnel system will be designed in accordance with your Company’s working arrangements by one of our Employment Personnel Specialists.

Initially you will be given an employment personnel questionnaire which will assist us in producing your Written Statements of Main Terms and Conditions of Employment together with your Management Personnel Manual and your Employee Company Handbook.

Once your employment personnel system is complete you will be given a Management Personnel Manual, an Employee Company Handbook and WRITTEN STATEMENTS OF MAIN TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT for each employee, in compliance with the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978. Two contracts of employment will be supplied; both contracts must be signed by the employee and the employer one must be placed in their personnel file and the other duplicate copy must be given to the employee.
Record keeping is becoming even more important with new legislation such as the Working Time Regulations and being able to provide adequate records i.e. ‘Individual Opt Out Agreement’ to Work over the Maximum 48 hour working week, could mean the difference between success and failure at an Employment Tribunal. MBT will ensure that your record keeping is constantly reviewed providing you with all the necessary documentation to support any new laws that may come into force.

MBT will update your Employment Personnel Management Manual and Employee Company Handbook with any new employment law legislation. Your Employment Personnel Management Manual and Employee Company Handbook will cover:-

JOB DESCRIPTION
COMPANY RULES
EMPLOYEES AWARENESS & RESPONSIBILITY TO PERSONNEL
DISCIPLINARY RULES
APPEAL PROCEDURE/GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE
SICKNESS AND ABSENCE RULES
DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE:
DISMISSAL
FAIR DISMISSAL
APPEALS PROCEDURE
STATUTORY SICK PAY
UNQUALIFIED PERSONNEL AND DISPUTES OVER QUALIFICATIONS
REGULATIONS CONCERNING SMP
MATERNITY LEAVE AND MATERNITY ABSENCE
NOTIFICATION OF RESUMPTION
UNFAIR DISMISSAL PROTECTION
PARENTAL LEAVE
TIME OFF FOR DEPENDENTS
DISCRIMINATION
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES POLICY
RACIAL EQUALITY STATEMENT
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
THE COMPLAINTS PROCEDURE
HOLIDAY ENTITLEMENTS
DAILY AND WEEKLY REST ENTITLEMENTS
NIGHT WORKERS
WORKING TIME DIRECTIVE 1998 NO. 1833

Once the Employment Personnel system has been completed, one of our Employment Consultant’s can then implement the Service into your company, explaining to your employees your company rules and procedures.
The Employment Personnel Service is backed-up with a 24 hour employment personnel advice line 01685 376950. Often a call for advice at the right time can help you to avoid costly mistakes. For example, when dealing with disciplinary issues or when implementing changes to terms and conditions of employment. To ensure that all advice given by M. B. Thomas Consultancy Limited is followed through correctly by our clients we will immediately forward to you the necessary letters and documentation for each individual case to support the advice given. The wording of a letter in Employment Law must be correct one simple word left out may result in an employee winning a claim at an Employment Tribunal.

MBT will also give support during disciplinary meetings. For example, you may have an employee who has been with you for several years and the alleged offence is quite serious which may result in Gross Misconduct with instant dismissal You may feel that you need our back-up to attend the disciplinary meeting to ensure that all procedures are carried out correctly. This support gives you peace of mind and in the event that you end up in an Employment Tribunal one of our consultants would give evidence to support that all your procedures were followed through correctly which will prevent the applicants claim from being successful.