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 use of zero-hours contracts faces a legal challenge after one of its employees filed a claim in the...
Anderson and others v London Fire & Emergency Planning AuthorityIn DLA Piper’s case of the week, the Court of Appeal...
Zero hours contracts are the subject of a fact-finding exercise by the Government amid concerns of their misuse by some...
The Government intends its new legislation to come into force in September, but many employers, workers and unions feel that...
The decision by the House of Lords to approve the “shares-for-rights” clause in the Government’s Growth and Infrastructure Bill has...
Finally, after twice rejecting the Government’s legislation introducing the new employee-shareholder status, the House of Lords voted through the proposals...
The House of Lords has voted for the second time to reject the Government’s “shares-for-rights” proposal, only weeks after it previously...
With flexible working arrangements on the rise, solicitor Luke Bowery looks at how to determine whether a person is classed...
George Osborne’s Budget for “an aspirational nation” has set out important changes for UK employers. The Chancellor today announced that, from...
Solicitor Michael Scutt looks at the legal position behind the debate on so-called “gagging” clauses in compromise agreements. Who says...
Every year brings with it some important new legislation for employers to negotiate. Whether related to employment tribunals, employee-shareholder contracts,...
The Government has published its response to the consultation on employee-owner contracts, under which employers could offer shares to staff...
Around 100 fixed income traders based at the London office of the Swiss bank UBS suffered the embarrassment of arriving...
The Chancellor of the Exchequer’s proposals to pass legislation that allows employees to give up some of their employment rights...
Companies experiencing a downturn in business are increasingly looking for alternatives to redundancies.
Recruitment freezes, unpaid sabbaticals and secondments have...
