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.
Matthew Taylor, the head of Theresa May’s independent review of modern employment practices, has said that businesses are using self-employment...
Reports have suggested that RBS, majority-owned by the taxpayer, will shell out some £340 million in staff bonuses this year,...
A plumber who signed an agreement with his company suggesting that he was self-employed was in fact entitled to some...
The number of people working without guaranteed hours or baseline employment rights has grown by 660,000 (27%) over the past...
An employment tribunal held that a long-serving employee was fairly dismissed for making derogatory comments about his colleagues and his...
A tribunal has found that a CitySprint bicycle courier should be classed as a worker, rather than self employed.
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We round up seven significant employment law decisions expected in 2017, with cases pending on employment status, equal pay, whistleblowing,...
To attract overseas business investment, Singapore has concluded an international network of trade agreements. Changes to Singapore employment law in...
The Taylor review on modern employment practices launches today to look into the impact of changes to the labour market....
What were the most significant employment case law decisions in 2016? Stephen Simpson counts down the 10 most important judgments...
University academics are increasingly being forced to accept zero hours contracts, work through temping agencies and other forms of “precarious...
Suggestions that high-profile businesses such as banks will leave the UK because of Brexit highlight the employment law issues employers...
Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh has suggested that thousands of M&S staff could lose their jobs in the run up to...
Most of the attention focused on the recent Uber decision has focused on the employment law aspects of the case....
The Government is considering a ban on restrictive covenants, but would this open the door to more poaching of staff?...
