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.
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...
Few employers will have missed the publicity surrounding November's ruling...
If an employer has operations in more than one country, with employees who are not always based in the same...
Sports Direct’s policy of using zero hours contracts widely among its workforce was due to be challenged in an employment...
An employee who successfully claimed for arrears for “automatic” pay increases...
With the sand finally gone from between your toes and the flip flops banished to the back of the wardrobe,...
Vince Cable has called on employers and employees to identify potential loopholes in plans to ban exclusivity clauses in zero hours contracts...
An employee's illegal status does not preclude them from making a discrimination claim, according to a ruling by the Supreme Court last week.
When called on to implement HR processes that come up on a regular basis, some HR professionals might feel they know what to do off by heart; however, other, less familiar processes might cause a bit more head scratching...
Exclusivity clauses in zero hours contracts will be banned and anyone working under such an arrangement will be entitled to...
The Queen’s Speech in May revealed the Government’s plans to tackle “abuse” of zero hours contracts by businesses. The move...
Consultant editor Darren Newman asks how the Government might go about strengthening protection for workers on zero hours contracts, and...
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) handed down a landmark judgment last week when it decided that holiday pay must...
As part of cuts to the defence budget, the Government will slash the UK’s armed forces personnel to just over...
