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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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    Top 10 HR questions May 2019: Ramadan, redundancy and references

    by Jo Faragher 5 Jun 2019
    by Jo Faragher 5 Jun 2019

    Many employers will have staff who have been fasting over the last month, as they observe Ramadan.
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    BT to allocate £50m shares to employees

    by Adam McCulloch 17 May 2019
    by Adam McCulloch 17 May 2019

    BT is to distribute £50m in shares each year to staff as it sets out to improve customer service, alter its workplace culture and improve workforce morale.

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    Richer Sounds founder hands over stake in company to employees

    by Jo Faragher 15 May 2019
    by Jo Faragher 15 May 2019

    Staff at Richer Sounds will receive a £3.5m windfall after being given a 60% stake in the business.
    Founder Julian...

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    Businesses are resisting worker representation on boards

    by Adam McCulloch 3 May 2019
    by Adam McCulloch 3 May 2019

    Prime minister Theresa May’s aspiration for employers to have more workers in boardrooms appear to have been thwarted by organisations...

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    Lifelong learning provision is inadequate, claims Lords committee

    by Jo Faragher 25 Apr 2019
    by Jo Faragher 25 Apr 2019

    The government must rethink its approach to lifelong learning and ensure that it educates younger people for longer working lives,...

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    Outsourcing giant faces protests over payroll upgrade

    by Jo Faragher 11 Apr 2019
    by Jo Faragher 11 Apr 2019

    The outsourcing company ISS faces protests today over changes to its payroll system that will see it withhold the pay...

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    Top 10 HR questions March 2019: Anonymous witness rights

    by Brightmine 2 Apr 2019
    by Brightmine 2 Apr 2019

    If a witness in a disciplinary procedure wishes to remain anonymous, how can the employer balance their privacy against the...

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    Addison Lee refused permission to appeal worker status ruling

    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Apr 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Apr 2019

    Addison Lee has been denied permission to appeal against the ruling that its drivers are workers and not self-employed.
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    IR35 in the private sector: what constitutes ‘reasonable care’?

    by Joe Tully 25 Mar 2019
    by Joe Tully 25 Mar 2019

    The government has recently published a consultation paper with its proposals to extend off-payroll working rules to the private sector....

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    Courts should fast-track gig economy cases: Frank Field

    by Ashleigh Webber 25 Mar 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 25 Mar 2019

    The exploitation of workers must be tackled quickly and effectively, MP Frank Field has recommended in a new report critical of the length of time cases are taking.

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    Pimlico Plumbers worker loses his claim for £74,000 in holiday pay

    by Jo Faragher 21 Mar 2019
    by Jo Faragher 21 Mar 2019

    An engineer who won a Supreme Court case against Pimlico Plumbers – establishing that he was a worker and not...

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    John Lewis bonuses hit lowest level since 1953

    by Adam McCulloch 7 Mar 2019
    by Adam McCulloch 7 Mar 2019

    A slump in profits has seen the John Lewis Partnership cut its staff bonus to the lowest level in 66 years, the retailer has announced.

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    National Gallery lecturers win ‘worker’ status

    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Mar 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Mar 2019

    A group of art lecturers who lost their jobs at the National Gallery have won their legal fight to be recognised as workers, allowing them to claim certain employment benefits such as holiday pay.

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    Top 10 HR questions February 2019: Redundancy, FTCs and maternity leave

    by Brightmine 1 Mar 2019
    by Brightmine 1 Mar 2019

    When faced with the need to make redundancies, how should an employer decide which employees to select?
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    CBRE recognised for change management in Carillion collapse

    by Personnel Today 21 Nov 2018
    by Personnel Today 21 Nov 2018

    CBRE won the 2018 Personnel Today Award for Managing Change this evening, in recognition for the speedy transfer of Carillion’s...

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