It is essential to have accurate records and information about your employees. This is necessary for legal compliance (data protection) and operational certainty. It will also allow you to manage and monitor employees more easily.
HR administration covers a wide range of topics, from new starters, the right to work in Ireland documentation, employment data, recording absence, holiday monitoring, through to changes of terms during employment and administration relating to leavers.
There is also admin around family friendly rights (maternity, paternity, parental leave etc) which is covered in the Family Friendly section.
Please refer to other sections for administration around specific topics, for example Contracts of Employment or Family Friendly
Frequently asked questions
Continuity of employment is the length of time an employee has been working for the same employer. Continuity of employment will also transfer when an employee transfers under TUPE. Continuity will be broken when there is a break in the employment of at least one week (including two Sundays), however it is not broken in periods of leave such as holiday, sickness absence, maternity etc.
Continuity of employment is important as it affects what employment rights and entitlements. For example, what length of notice either party needs to give to end employment, whether they are entitled to statutory payments and if so, how much (e.g. maternity pay, redundancy pay etc). Furthermore, an employee with less than 2 years' continuous service will generally not be able to bring a claim for unfair dismissal (there are exceptions to this rule), and therefore a business may have more flexibility in how they wish to address certain issues (e.g. misconduct or underperformance). Please see Employment Facts and continuity of employment for further details.
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1a. Documenting Changes
This section looks at why it is important to document any changes during employment. Changes can include anything from a promotion, salary increase or hours of work. All changes should be documented to ensure records are correct and to avoid misunderstandings.
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