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Choosing a comparator for equal pay claims
How a female employee can choose the colleague or colleagues she wants to be compared to.
Advantages and disadvantages of overtime
Advantages and disadvantages of using overtime such as a more flexible workforce.
Equal pay and part-time work
The rights of part-time workers to equal pay and other treatment that is not unfavourable.
Equal pay law overview
How domestic equal pay law protects the rights of employees to receive equal pay for equal work.
What is equal work?
How the terms 'like work', 'work rated as equivalent', 'work of equal value', and 'pay' are defined.
Maternity, paternity, adoption, parental and shared parental leave letters and forms
Sample letters and application forms to help you manage your workers' rights to maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental leave.
Grievance and disciplinary procedures and templates
Free templates to help employers and HR professionals handle any grievance, discipline, or dismissal situation fairly and in keeping with the law.
Job offers, inductions and new starts templates
Use our sample job offer letters, induction plans, and contract of employment to welcome and start a new member of your staff.
Performance management and staff training templates
Sample letters and application forms to help you train and develop your staff, and monitor their performance.
Redundancy letters, forms and templates
Forms and templates to help employers manage the redundancy process including redundancy letter templates.
Time off work policies and procedures
Download a sample working time opt-out agreement and steps to help you determine your workers' leave entitlement.
Other key HR policies and templates
Sample documents to help you develop employment policies that follow good practices and comply with legislation.
Recruitment forms and templates
Sample recruitment templates including forms, letters, and documents to help you recruit, shortlist and interview potential employees.
Managing absence templates
Sample documents to help you manage staff absence with employment policies that follow good practice and comply with legislation.
Equal pay - the law and best practice
Understand your legal responsibilities under the equal pay legislation and follow best practice advice.
Working with Northern Ireland Trading Standards Service
How Trading Standards can help your business comply with the law when a customer has lodged a complaint about your business or you need general advice.
Fair trading for businesses selling goods or services
An overview of the law relating to fair trading and how this may affect your business - including pricing and product description.
Marketing on a tight budget
How to get the most out of a small or limited marketing budget using cost-effective marketing methods such as Public Relations and online marketing.
Review and evaluate your current marketing spend
Factors you should consider when analysing your marketing budget such as last year’s customer spend figures and changes in the market.
How to attract, win and keep your customers
Advice on getting more business from your existing customers and on finding new customers to reach the most profitable groups.