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.
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has upheld a decision limiting unfair dismissal compensation paid to the mayor of Liverpool, whose...
Chris Tutton looks at how the coalition Government’s controversial Shares for Rights scheme has been used since its introduction, and...
A zero hours contract worker who feared reporting allegations of sexual harassment by her line manager in case she lost...
Zero hours contracts continue to be a contentious issue in the run-up to the election, but how will the parties’...
The Labour Party will pledge today that workers on zero hours contracts will be legally entitled to a regular contract...
As a new generation of online marketplaces, such as transportation service Uber, start to disrupt existing business models, the big...
Do employment contracts in Argentina need to be in writing? Are employees entitled to paid sick leave? How should employers...
In DLA Piper’s latest case report, a Court of Appeal decision shows that employment status is fact dependent and the...
Research published today has shown that agency workers are often unaware of their employment rights and are afraid of raising...
Business secretary Vince Cable’s plan to close a loophole in the way some employers use zero hours contracts has moved...
“Employee shareholder”, the employment status introduced by the coalition Government for workers to waive certain rights in exchange for a...
The number of people on zero hours contracts has gone up by more than a quarter, according to the latest...
Recent academic research looking into the impact of employee share ownership provides some fairly compelling data to support arguments that...
In the run-up to the general election, consultant editor Darren Newman looks at the hot topic of zero hours contracts...
Almost 300 Sports Direct employees are to make a claim against the company after they were excluded from a bonus...
