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.
London-based Addison Lee is the latest taxi and courier company to have its drivers’ worker status called into question at...
As office rents increase, organisations are considering relocating staff in significant numbers to new locations. Nick Le Riche of Bircham...
The Queen has outlined the minority Government’s legislative programme for the next two years, concentrating on eight separate Brexit-related bills....
As campaigning draws to a close, we run down the policies that would most influence the employment landscape
Perhaps the general election means that the collective HR consciousness has its mind elsewhere, or maybe it’s the effect of...
Workers on zero hours contracts could be given the right to request a move to a fixed number of hours....
Theresa May launched the Conservative Party’s 2017 election manifesto today, and for HR and employers there are no big surprises....
The Liberal Democrat Party’s official manifesto has been released today and includes a raft of proposals around employment rights, equality...
The Labour Party’s official manifesto has been released today and includes some of the most radical changes to employment legislation...
This month on 19 May it is “National work from home day”. So what should employers be aware of if...
Half of people on zero hours contracts wrongly believe that they are not entitled to paid holidays, research by Citizens...
Government must close the loopholes that allow “gig economy” companies to
Employees with higher levels of autonomy have better overall wellbeing and higher levels of job satisfaction, research has found.
Academics...
Stephen Simpson rounds up recent decisions published on the online database of first-instance employment tribunal judgments
Uber has received leave to appeal the decision on the employment status of its drivers to the Employment Appeal Tribunal...
