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Real Living Wage podcast

In October 2024 the Living Wage Foundation announced an increase in the Real Living Wage to £12.60 per hour, a voluntary wage rate that is calculated based on the cost of living and is intended to provide a decent standard of living for employees.

In this podcast we are joined by Mary McManus, Regional Manager for Living Wage NI, based in Advice NI (a partnership between Advice NI and the Living Wage Foundation and funded by the Department for the Economy, Northern Ireland) and Elaine Clarke, Director of Employment Relations Services at the Labour Relations Agency, to talk more about what the Real Wage standard is, where it came from and the challenges and benefits for employers of signing up.

Health & Safety at Work

Employers have a duty to protect their employees and visitors from harm. They must do risk assessments and they must report any serious incidents to the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland. Employees are expected to take reasonable care of their own health and safety.

Labour Relations Agency Certificate in Effective Line Management Practice

02 February 2022

The Labour Relations Agency is pleased to offer the first public 2022 programme of the Certificate in Effective Line Management Practice.

Tests and checks

Employers can do various checks to make sure future employees can do the job they are being hired to do, that they are entitled to work in Northern Ireland, and that they are not barred from working with vulnerable groups.

No.367 Fair Employment (specification of public authorities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002

This Order amends the 2000 Order of the same name which specifies a number of bodies or persons as public bodies for the purposes of the Fair Employment and Treatment (NI) Order 1998 (see new Schedule).

Audit & Risk Assurance Committee Minutes

Minutes from Audit & Risk Assurance Committee meetings

Sick leave

From one time to another, employing organisations will experience absence by their staff due to illness. Illness absences are usually unplanned. This makes planning and covering work difficult for employers given the short notice of illness occurrences.

Hiring

A positive recruitment experience gets the working relationship off to the best start. It is important to follow a number of steps and adopt a best practice approach.

Managing Bereavement in the Workplace

This guidance aims to help employers manage this difficult situation through appropriate and sensitive discussions with their employee, both in the immediate aftermath of bereavement and in the longer term.