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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Following the Supreme Court ruling that its drivers are workers, Uber is giving its UK drivers a guaranteed minimum wage, holiday pay and pensions.
The cycling retailer, owned by Frasers Group, expects to slash headcount and change the remaining workers' contracts.
The European Commission has begun its consultation on the rights of gig economy workers whose labour is governed by digital platforms.
TV and radio presenter Kaye Adams has won a case at the tax tribunal after judges ruled that the BBC...
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?
Uber loses final possible appeal against employment tribunal judgment that its drivers are entitled to workers' rights.
Amazon has been accused of cancelling shifts at the last minute and 'short-changing' workers.
Author of the Good Work Plan says there is now a ‘deafening silence’ from the government over employment reforms.
Justice secretary Robert Buckland has said only enlisting new staff once they had been inoculated was possible if it was written into their contracts.
Usdaw has won a court case preventing Tesco from moving staff at its Livingston distribution centre onto new contracts.
Many proposed employment law changes that the government has put forward in the last few years have stalled, mainly as...
British Airways has secured a deal with the Unite union which, if approved by its members, will end the long-running...
A tenth of workers have been told to re-apply for their jobs on worse terms and conditions, according to a...
Following the news that public-facing workers including teachers, police officers and retail staff could soon be offered Covid-19 vaccinations, Sean...
