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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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    Nearly two in five given work shifts at short notice

    by Ashleigh Webber 15 Apr 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 15 Apr 2021

    Research finds that the issue is more prominent among people from ethnic minorities and the low-paid.

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    Crunch time for British Gas engineers to agree new contract terms

    by Ashleigh Webber 14 Apr 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 14 Apr 2021

    Today is the final day that British Gas engineers can agree to new terms and conditions or face dismissal.

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    • Coronavirus

    Can you afford to make staff redundant?

    by Andy Taylor 30 Mar 2021
    by Andy Taylor 30 Mar 2021

    Faced with financial pressures, reducing headcount seems the logical next step. But redundancy carries its own direct and hidden costs, and there are alternatives …

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    • Employment law
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    Uber agrees to give drivers minimum wage and employment rights

    by Jo Faragher 17 Mar 2021
    by Jo Faragher 17 Mar 2021

    Following the Supreme Court ruling that its drivers are workers, Uber is giving its UK drivers a guaranteed minimum wage, holiday pay and pensions.

    • Collective redundancy
    • Zero hours
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    Job losses and zero-hours contracts planned for Evans Cycles

    by Ashleigh Webber 10 Mar 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 10 Mar 2021

    The cycling retailer, owned by Frasers Group, expects to slash headcount and change the remaining workers' contracts.

    • Europe
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    European Commission to consult over future of gig economy

    by Adam McCulloch 26 Feb 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 26 Feb 2021

    The European Commission has begun its consultation on the rights of gig economy workers whose labour is governed by digital platforms.

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    Presenter Kaye Adams wins IR35 tax case

    by Jo Faragher 24 Feb 2021
    by Jo Faragher 24 Feb 2021

    TV and radio presenter Kaye Adams has won a case at the tax tribunal after judges ruled that the BBC...

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    Uber ruling: what happens next?

    by Adam McCulloch 23 Feb 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 23 Feb 2021

    The Supreme Court's decision in the Uber v Aslam case is set to have significant implications for the app-based working model. But what comes next for Uber and its workers?

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    Supreme Court: Uber drivers are workers

    by Personnel Today 19 Feb 2021
    by Personnel Today 19 Feb 2021

    Uber loses final possible appeal against employment tribunal judgment that its drivers are entitled to workers' rights.

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    • Employment contracts

    Amazon accused of breaking employment terms

    by Peter Crush 19 Feb 2021
    by Peter Crush 19 Feb 2021

    Amazon has been accused of cancelling shifts at the last minute and 'short-changing' workers.

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    Matthew Taylor: ‘Government losing interest in reforms’

    by Personnel Today 19 Feb 2021
    by Personnel Today 19 Feb 2021

    Author of the Good Work Plan says there is now a ‘deafening silence’ from the government over employment reforms.

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    • Employment law

    ‘No jab, no job’ recruitment is legal says justice secretary

    by Adam McCulloch 18 Feb 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 18 Feb 2021

    Justice secretary Robert Buckland has said only enlisting new staff once they had been inoculated was possible if it was written into their contracts.

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    Tesco temporarily barred from ‘fire and rehire’ at Livingston warehouse

    by Ashleigh Webber 17 Feb 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 17 Feb 2021

    Usdaw has won a court case preventing Tesco from moving staff at its Livingston distribution centre onto new contracts.

    • Sexual harassment
    • Zero hours
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    Employment law in limbo: Key proposals to resurrect in 2021

    by Stephen Simpson 4 Feb 2021
    by Stephen Simpson 4 Feb 2021

    Many proposed employment law changes that the government has put forward in the last few years have stalled, mainly as...

    • Fire and rehire
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    • Industrial action / strikes

    BA will not go ahead with ‘fire and rehire’ in cargo division

    by Ashleigh Webber 27 Jan 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 27 Jan 2021

    British Airways has secured a deal with the Unite union which, if approved by its members, will end the long-running...

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