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Employee fails to call in when he is too ill to work

My employee fails to phone my company when he is too ill to come to work. What should I do?

Employee fails to show up without warning

My employee has bad time-keeping and a poor sickness record. A few weeks ago he didn’t call in sick but texted a colleague instead. He has also been absent this week. I do not know if or when my employee is coming back or how far to take disciplinary action. The notice period is one week.

Employee falsified classes

I recently discovered that there were a couple of classes on one of my employees’ timetables that weren’t actually taking place. I began to investigate and discovered that my employee had been marking the register to say that students were present. I did an investigation and found her to have committed fraud. My employee admitted to completing these registers and that the classes did not happen. I told the employee to attend a disciplinary hearing on grounds of gross misconduct. She then stated she wanted to resign on the grounds that she couldn’t face going to the disciplinary hearing as she was not emotionally prepared due to her health. I stated that if she did not resign with immediate effect I would have to continue with the disciplinary hearing. I then received an e-mail with my employee saying “Please accept this e-mail as resignation but I am reserving the right to take legal advice on the basis of my resignation.” I then received another e-mail the following week with a letter of resignation. What should I do now?

Employee gets unreasonable benefits

My employee is getting an unnatural and unreasonable amount of benefits for his job. Is there any way I can take away some of these benefits for being too excessive?

Employee has a dispute with manager over bullying issue

An employee had a dispute with her manager over a bullying issue and is currently off sick with stress. I did not deal with it as a grievance but a compromised agreement was made with her but she is asking for more. My business is quite small. What should I do?