Dismissal is when your employer ends your employment - they don’t always have to give you notice.
We have 71 chefs out working on relief all over Scotland, 19 chefs confirmed for this week so far.
We now have a policy in place for taking new relief chefs on over the winter.
I am still waiting on a lot of current Hygiene Certificates to be sent over, you can email them over to jojo@chefsinscotland.co.uk
Jade is still on annual leave and will return to work on Monday, I have been going through junior positions and the availability for bother Senior and Junior Chefs is getting better with most jobs on our list getting candidates.
If you are a junior chef and are needing help to write a good CV or just need help to tweak it please get in touch as we will be more than happy to help with this. Call 01683 222830.
Back to relief here are some of the chefs we have out just now
Tom Smyth is at Formartine’s in Ellon
Steve Nye and Stuart MacColl are both at The Oban Bay Hotel
Philippe Alamichel is at Balcary Bay Hotel working mainly on Pastry
David Thompson (new relief chef) is work with Jason Paxton at The Nethy Bridge Hotel
Martin Hamilton is over in Shetland at The Scalloway Hotel
Leon Edgson is a the Carrbridge Kitchen covering Sous Chef position to the end of the school holidays
Pawel Cimek is at the Ballachulish Hotel
David young is at the Kames Hotel
Lillian Clarkson is home in Glencoe and working at Glencoe House
Keren Tweedie is acting head chef at the Old Manor Hotel
Thanks so much to all our relief chefs and Hoteliers for all your support 😊
Relief has remained steady, but we are expecting the work to slow down in November as expected for the time of year before picking up again in December.
If you are not working and have availability please do send a copy of your CV in and we will chase references as standard.
We can mark you available but priority is given to those who have work on placements via CIS over the summer.
For existing chefs who have done work all year round would suggest 40 – 60% chance of getting you work over the winter.
If you can also get in touch with your availability for Christmas and New year.
Maternity Leave
Statutory Maternity Leave is 52 weeks. It’s made up of:
· Ordinary Maternity Leave - first 26 weeks
· Additional Maternity Leave - last 26 weeks
You don’t have to take 52 weeks but you must take 2 weeks’ leave after your baby is born (or 4 weeks if you work in a factory).
Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) is paid for up to 39 weeks. You get:
· 90% of your average weekly earnings (before tax) for the first 6 weeks
· £145.18 or 90% of your average weekly earnings (whichever is lower) for the next 33 weeks
SMP is paid in the same way as your wages (for example monthly or weekly). Tax and National Insurance will be deducted.
Paternity Leave
You can choose to take either 1 or 2 weeks. You get the same amount of leave if your partner has a multiple birth (such as twins).
You must take your leave in one go. A week is the same amount of days that you normally work in a week - for example, a week is 2 days if you only work on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Leave for antenatal appointments
You can take unpaid leave to accompany a pregnant woman to 2 antenatal appointments if you’re:
· the baby’s father
· the expectant mother’s spouse or civil partner
· in a long-term relationship with the expectant mother
· the intended parent (if you’re having a baby through a surrogacy arrangement)
You can take up to 6 and a half hours per appointment. Your employer can choose to give you longer.
You can apply for leave immediately if you’re a permanent employee. You’ll need to have been doing a job for 12 weeks before you qualify if you’re an agency worker.
Start and end dates
Leave cannot start before the birth. It must end within 56 days of the birth.
You must give your employer 28 days’ notice if you want to change your start date.
You do not have to give a precise date when you want to take leave (for example 1 February). Instead you can give a general time, such as the day of the birth or 1 week after the birth.
We have 74 relief chefs currently out work this is up by 8 from last year.
Relief jobs out is slightly down this week.
We have had a few more hygiene certificates through, I am hoping to get everyone’s by the end of this year. If you need to renew yours please follow this link https://www.rehis.com/community-training/courses/course/elementary-food-hygiene everyone that is doing relief work via Chefs In Scotland must have one.
Jade is on annual leave now and will be back to work on Monday 22nd October, myself and Jessica will be dealing with junior vacancies so please get in touch if you are looking for a new job/challenge. Email updated CV’s to recruitment@chefsinscotland.co.uk
Some of our chefs are in Moffat this weekend for Chefs In Scotland annual Golf Competition. (will be nice to see them)
Can you get in touch also is you are happy to work Christmas and New Year. Just drop me a PM, call 01683 222830 or email jojo@chefsinscotland.co.uk
There have been lots of CV’s sent out this week and interviews arranged.
We would like to thank all our Chefs and Customers for all your hard work and support we really do appreciate it 😊