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.
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...
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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...
Employers’ questions on the Acas early conciliation process, which was introduced on 6 April 2014, were the most popular FAQs...
Labour leader Ed Miliband will make a further pledge to tackle what he calls an “epidemic” of zero hours contracts...
Business secretary Vince Cable’s consultation on zero hours contracts is “timid” and “flawed,” according to John Philpott, former chief economics...
There are many factors with which organisations considering an overseas assignment need to deal before the secondment. We set out some of the essential points...
