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Industrial action and trade unions
Legal and best practice guidance for Northern Ireland employers on how to work effectively with trade unions and deal with any industrial disputes.
Workplace pensions
Legal and best practice guidance for Northern Ireland employers on choosing and running a workplace pension scheme.
Staff performance
Practical guidance and tips to help Northern Ireland employers encourage and maintain high employee performance.
Engaging with staff
Guidance for employers on how to effectively communicate and engage with staff to get the best from your people.
Staff motivation
Best practice guidance for employers on how to motivate their staff, minimise staff turnover, and implement staff incentive schemes.
Staff pay
Guidance for Northern Ireland employers on staff pay including their legal obligations, pay rates and equal pay.
Unfair dismissal: employee eligibility
Employer consequences if you dismiss someone unfairly.
Retain and retrain older workers
How employers can make efforts to retain staff to secure key skills and experience and how retraining older workers may be beneficial.
Types of employee dismissal
The different types of staff dismissal and unfair dismissal claims.
Unfair dismissal
Reasons that automatically constitute the unfair dismissal of an employee.
Fair dismissal
You must have a valid reason for dismissing an employee - understand the reasons that constitute a fair dismissal.
Whistleblowing: Right of complaint to an industrial tribunal
If an employee is dismissed for making a protected disclosure, they may bring a claim to an employment tribunal.
Whistleblowing: Exceptionally serious failures
How workers are protected when reporting an exceptionally serious failure in the workplace.
Whistleblowing: Qualifying disclosures
The types of disclosure that are eligible for protection from dismissal.
Dismissals relating to industrial action
How to ensure that you dismiss an employee fairly for reasons relating to industrial action.
Dismissals on capability grounds
How to dismiss an employee fairly when they are incapable of doing their job properly or commit some form of misconduct.
Dismissals on conduct grounds
How to dismiss employees involved in incidents of misconduct.
Whistleblowing and dismissal
Protection from dismissal or detrimental treatment for workers who disclose a suspected relevant failure at work.
Dismissal due to illness
How to handle dismissing an employee due to long-term ill health.
Employing family members
Identify the benefits and challenges of employing family members.