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.
The government has responded to a consultation on including agency workers in a ban on 'exploitative' zero-hours contracts.
Agency workers included in ban on ‘exploitative’ zero-hours contracts, as government tables amendments to the Employment Rights Bill.
MPs urge government to close loopholes that allow companies to exploit work insecurity and undercut Britain’s outstanding employers.
The Labour government has come under increased scrutiny for placing constraints on businesses, despite its plans for growth. What lies ahead for IR35, single worker status and contractor employment?
A deluge of allegations of employee harassment and abuse are threatening to cloud the fast food giant's reputation.
Two-thirds of zero-hours contract workers have been with their employer for more than a year, and one in eight for...
Employers' questions on pay, attendance and childcare that are likely to arise during severe weather.
Adam Grant from Wedlake Bell on how the Employment Rights Bill will affect the employment of temporary and seasonal workers
New legislation around zero-hours working risks enveloping agency workers and pushing companies into promoting ‘false self-employment’, MPs hear.
EHRC briefs MPs on impact of Employment Rights Bill, including compatibility of the rights regarding harassment and freedom of expression.
An MP has accused McDonald’s of running a ‘predator’s paradise’ and a ‘hotbed of harassment’ in a parliamentary select committee.
A tribunal has ruled that Addison Lee drivers are workers, who will now be entitled to backdated holiday pay and compensation for loss of earnings.
The Post Office's ‘flipping’ practice saw staff sacked then rehired as contractors on inflated rates.
The CIPD calls for the government to engage in meaningful consultation to avoid negative outcomes from the Employment Rights Bill.
Retail companies are recruiting young store assistants without basic employment rights for seasonal work, an investigation by the Observer has alleged.
