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.
Electrical company Dyson recently announced it would sue its former chief executive, Max Conze, for “breaching his fiduciary duties” and...
Two fifths of women and a fifth of men in the UK say they have experienced unwanted sexual behaviour at...
Courier company Hermes has sought to distance itself from the criticism surrounding gig economy employers by claiming its use of...
Uber’s application to “leapfrog” an appeal to the Supreme Court has been refused.
Gig economy cases
Aslam and others v...
Anyone deemed to have “worker” status must be able to carry over paid annual leave, even if they have not...
Matthew Taylor, author of the Taylor review of modern employment practices published this summer, has welcomed the draft Bill published...
The Work and Pensions Committee and Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee have produced a draft Bill designed to...
Deliveroo riders are not workers and are self-employed, according to a decision yesterday by the Central Arbitration Committee.
This means...
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has confirmed that Uber drivers should be classified as workers who are entitled to basic...
The Work and Pensions Committee has called for fitness chain Gym Group to explain itself after a personal trainer blew...
The requirement for large employers to publish a slavery and human trafficking statement came into force in October 2015 and...
Major companies should be jointly liable for non-compliance with employment...
A foster carer has filed an employment tribunal claim against Hampshire County Council for unpaid holiday in a case that...
An employment tribunal held that a female chef was discriminated against when she was rejected for extra work at a...
Should you include time spent travelling when calculating employees’ working time? The number one FAQ for September deals with this...
