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.
With job losses never far from the headlines and the end of the furlough scheme looming, businesses are evaluating the...
With so many redundancies in the air, it's time for companies to reassess their attitudes towards restrictive covenants, argues Imogen Finnegan.
Too often service agreements only attract attention when employers are contemplating dismissal or selling the business. They deserve more attention, writes Dean Fuller.
British Gas employees have threatened to strike over claims it is forcing staff to accept worse employment contracts or face...
Social media has grown in use exponentially since Facebook was launched 16 years ago, and so has the risk to...
The IWGB is calling on government to better enforce employment status laws after the union took CitySprint to tribunal three...
As furlough fades and redundancies rise, Jonny Gifford examines how workloads differ across the labour market and suggests how reducing...
Demoting employees as part of a restructuring programme may offer a more favourable alternative to redundancies, but employers need to...
Funds claimed from the government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme can be used to pay for notice periods that go above...
GMB union enters talks with troubled utilities giant over new terms and conditions and modernisation.
Drawing narrow comparisons between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ types of work does nothing to help precarious workers, according to a panel...
The High Court today hears a case brought by drivers and the IWGB over Treasury's failure to protect precarious workers during the Covid-19 crisis.
The government should introduce a ‘new settlement’ for low paid workers, giving them more control over the hours they work...
While the Covid-19 crisis is a worrying and uncertain time for all of us, it brings into sharp focus some...
The Unite union has accused British Airways of plans to “re-hire” most of its workforce on less favourable terms and...
