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Employment contracts

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.


    • Gig economy
    • Employment contracts
    • Freelance workers

    Employment tribunal decides Uber drivers are workers

    by Stephen Simpson 28 Oct 2016
    by Stephen Simpson 28 Oct 2016

    Uber drivers are workers and are entitled to receive the national minimum wage and paid annual leave, according to an...

    • Zero hours
    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Former Blair adviser to lead review of modern employment

    by Rob Moss 3 Oct 2016
    by Rob Moss 3 Oct 2016

    Matthew Taylor, a former policy adviser to Tony Blair, will lead an independent review into modern employment practices, Theresa May...

    • Auto-enrolment
    • Age discrimination
    • Zero hours

    Employing students: six tips for the new term

    by Personnel Today 26 Sep 2016
    by Personnel Today 26 Sep 2016

    In university towns and cities around the country, students are settling in for the start of the academic year. As...

    • National living wage
    • Gig economy
    • Employment contracts

    Hermes could be subject to HMRC investigation

    by Jo Faragher 12 Sep 2016
    by Jo Faragher 12 Sep 2016

    Business minister Margot James has asked HMRC to consider launching an investigation into pay and employment practices at courier company...

    • National living wage
    • Agency workers
    • Zero hours

    Unions to shine light on “businesses that treat workers like animals”

    by Rob Moss 12 Sep 2016
    by Rob Moss 12 Sep 2016

    Frances O’Grady is to warn “greedy businesses that treat workers like animals” that they have no place to hide in...

    • Zero hours

    Zero hours contracts increase by one-fifth

    by Rob Moss 8 Sep 2016
    by Rob Moss 8 Sep 2016

    The number of people saying they work on a zero hours basis in their main job has increased by 21%, and nearly one third (31%) say they want more hours than they are currently given.

    • Sexual harassment
    • Agency workers
    • Corporate governance

    Sports Direct scraps zero hours contracts and “six strikes” policy

    by Rob Moss 6 Sep 2016
    by Rob Moss 6 Sep 2016

    Sports Direct is to offer its casual retail workers the opportunity to switch from a zero hours arrangement to a...

    • NHS
    • Industrial action / strikes
    • Employment contracts

    Senior medics wade into junior doctors strike row

    by Jo Faragher 2 Sep 2016
    by Jo Faragher 2 Sep 2016

    A group of senior medical professionals has condemned the latest series of strikes proposed by junior doctors.
    The Academy of...

    • Case law
    • Employment contracts
    • Restrictive covenants

    Restrictive covenant breach: £30,000 and injunction for employer

    by Jane Hannon 22 Aug 2016
    by Jane Hannon 22 Aug 2016

    In DLA Piper’s latest case report, the High Court awarded damages of £30,000 and gave an injunction to a company...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Employment contracts
    • Recruitment & retention

    Withdrawal of job offer made by agency costs employer £3,000

    by Stephen Simpson 21 Aug 2016
    by Stephen Simpson 21 Aug 2016

    An employment tribunal has ordered an employer to pay breach of contract damages after it withdrew a job offer made...

    • Agency workers
    • Zero hours
    • Minimum wage

    Sports Direct to back-pay warehouse workers

    by Jo Faragher 15 Aug 2016
    by Jo Faragher 15 Aug 2016

    Staff at Sports Direct’s Shirebrook warehouse are to receive back pay totalling around £1 million for non-payment of the national...

    • Zero hours
    • Gig economy
    • Employment contracts

    Uber and out? The rise and potential fall of the gig economy

    by Adam Grant and David Israel 28 Jul 2016
    by Adam Grant and David Israel 28 Jul 2016

    Do you engage employees, workers or self-employed contractors? Adam Grant and David Israel look at the rise of the gig...

    • Employment law
    • Gig economy
    • Employment contracts

    Harnessing the gig economy could solve skills shortages

    by Rob Moss 28 Jul 2016
    by Rob Moss 28 Jul 2016

    The legal status of workers in the gig economy must be clarified so that businesses and individuals can thrive, according...

    • Case law
    • Constructive dismissal
    • Employment contracts

    Gibbs v Leeds United: £330k for football club’s breach of contract

    by Gurpreet Duhra and Germaine Cowen-Machin 26 Jul 2016
    by Gurpreet Duhra and Germaine Cowen-Machin 26 Jul 2016

    The High Court held that the presence of commercial exit discussions between a football club and an assistant manager during...

    • Sexual harassment
    • Agency workers
    • Employee relations

    Sports Direct’s business model treats workers like commodities and “without dignity”

    by Rob Moss 22 Jul 2016
    by Rob Moss 22 Jul 2016

    Sports Direct is founded on a business model that enables the majority of workers to be treated “without dignity or...

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