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Employment contracts

Employers are required to provide employees with an employment contract, a written statement of certain terms and conditions of their employment, within two months of the beginning of their employment.

Employer should always consult with the employee prior to changing an employee's contract of employment. Failure to follow a fair procedure when varying employees' terms and conditions of employment may result in an employee bringing a claim for breach of contract.


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    Insolvency Service launches criminal probe into P&O Ferries sackings

    by Adam McCulloch 1 Apr 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 1 Apr 2022

    At the request of ministers the Insolvency Service has begun criminal and civil investigations into the P&O Ferries redundancies.

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    Ministers withdraw legal threat over P&O Ferries redundancies

    by Adam McCulloch 1 Apr 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 1 Apr 2022

    The Nautilus Union: ‘P&O has gotten away with it. There’s no fine, there’s no legal action, there’s only words and hot air.’

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    Government to publish statutory ‘fire and rehire’ code

    by Jo Faragher 30 Mar 2022
    by Jo Faragher 30 Mar 2022

    The government will publish a new statutory code on ‘fire and rehire’ tactics in a bid to clamp down on unscrupulous employers.

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    P&O Ferries’ redundancy obligations: Legal Q&A

    by Adam McCulloch 28 Mar 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 28 Mar 2022

    Some facets of the government's response to the 800 job losses were ill-informed, a legal expert tells Personnel Today

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    P&O Ferries chief ‘should step down’ but redundancies expose legal anomalies

    by Adam McCulloch 25 Mar 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 25 Mar 2022

    Despite P&O Ferries' admission of law-breaking over the mass redundancy of 800 staff, many uncertainties remain over the laws shipping staff are subject to, MPs have heard.

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    Chief executive of P&O Ferries asked by MP: ‘Are you just a shameless criminal?’

    by Adam McCulloch 24 Mar 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 24 Mar 2022

    P&O Ferries boss Hebblethwaite admits potentially criminal actions to MPs; transport secretary Grant Shapps at Dubai meeting when ‘major changes’ firm were discussed.

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    • Collective redundancy
    • Employment law

    ‘Government must take over P&O Ferries services’ says TUC

    by Adam McCulloch 24 Mar 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 24 Mar 2022

    The TUC has said ministers must step in to run services if a ‘fit and proper’ operator could not be found quickly to replace P&O Ferries.

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    P&O Ferries: Pressure on MPs to back ‘fire and rehire’ ban

    by Jo Faragher 21 Mar 2022
    by Jo Faragher 21 Mar 2022

    A group of Labour MPs has written to business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng urging him to launch legal action against P&O...

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    • Collective redundancy
    • Constructive dismissal

    TUC: redundancies by P&O Ferries ‘must be a turning point for UK workers’ rights’

    by Adam McCulloch 18 Mar 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 18 Mar 2022

    In the wake of the P&O Ferry sackings the TUC has demanded that ministers prevent workers from ‘being treated like disposable labour’.

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    Unions call P&O Ferries mass sackings a ‘scandalous betrayal’

    by Personnel Today 17 Mar 2022
    by Personnel Today 17 Mar 2022

    UK ferry operator P&O Ferries has sacked about 800 crew across its fleet with no notice after stopping all its sailings on Thursday 17 March.

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    Zero-hours work ‘tightens grip of structural racism’ on the labour market

    by Adam McCulloch 9 Mar 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 9 Mar 2022

    Insecure work has tightened the grip of structural racism on the labour market and deepened gender inequalities, the TUC has warned.

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    Pimlico Plumbers holiday pay ruling: four steps for employers

    by Holly Milne 9 Mar 2022
    by Holly Milne 9 Mar 2022

    The Court of Appeal judgment in Pimlico Plumbers v Smith ruled that holiday pay can carry over and accumulate until a contract ends. Holly Milne examines the detail

    • Constructive dismissal
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    Football and HR: 10 employment law issues in the beautiful game

    by Dean Fuller 18 Feb 2022
    by Dean Fuller 18 Feb 2022

    Many cases highlight how professionalism is lacking in UK football when it comes to employment contracts, even in the ultra rich Premier League.

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    HMRC: Long-term impact of IR35 on contractor use ‘minimal’

    by Jo Faragher 7 Feb 2022
    by Jo Faragher 7 Feb 2022

    HM Revenue and Customs has published a report looking into the impact of off-payroll rules on the public sector.

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