u/UniqueBrummie

Right to work on file is not fully compliant with gov guidelines

One of my HR colleagues has recently left the company to move onto a new role. At this company, she managed a lot of the new starter process and documentation, in particular collecting their right to work.

Since she left, I've recently noticed that some of the right to work saved to file doesn't meet the full criteria for right to work checks. Some of the older copies on file are in black/white and a bit blurry, some are slightly cropped at the edge of the document on file, and quite a few are missing a record of the date it was checked and by whom. We have the documents for all, but there's clearly been a few where it feels like the process has been rushed and not done correctly.

Is the only course of action for me to go every right to work we have on file, and ask for any of the affected employees to bring in the documentation again so we have a fresh copy on file?

Am I right to assume that without doing this, there is a risk that it could be checked by the home office and leave us without a statutory excuse? Would that also apply to all the documents we have without a signature/date of check attached to them?

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u/UniqueBrummie — 15 hours ago

An employee is due to give birth on 10th June(date on her MATB1 form) and we had agreed to a maternity leave start date of 8th June.

She has now emailed to ask if she can start her leave on 22nd June. I know she needs to go on leave the moment the baby arrives at minimum, but are there any other considerations that we need to think of before we agree to this? I don't think it's common for people to still be able to work for another week after their expected due date.

At a previous role, we wouldn't let an employee choose to start her leave on any date after the due date on her MATB1 form.

EDIT: The employee intends to use annual leave between her expected due date and her actual due date. I feel this removes any potential risk from a business point of view and the employee is already aware that she can carry over all her leave to 2027 so that's not a factor for her decision. That has eased the main concerns I had about this.

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u/UniqueBrummie — 17 days ago
▲ 3 r/Carpentry+1 crossposts

I have an issue with a locking sheet on one of my doors.

The door set up is pretty old and the roller keep strike plates are marked as:

AUBI ST265

As far as I can tell, AUBI merged with Siegena in 2003 so it's probably a fairly old item. I've tried to find it online and I don't know if I can find a replacement or one that is similar (picture of a working plate attached above)

Would anyone have any suggestions on where to find a new one like this?

u/UniqueBrummie — 22 days ago