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.
Swiss investment bank UBS recently grabbed some headlines with the interim injunction that it won against competing start-up wealth manager,...
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Q My company regularly tenders for, and wins, government construction contracts. I’ve read that the government intends to make it...
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I have just taken over as HR manager at a food company which hires lots of casual and seasonal workers...
Enfield Technical Services Ltd v Payne and BF Components Ltd v GraceFacts Mr Payne worked for Enfield Technical Services as,...
Fresh claims that agency workers should be given equal treatment within the first few weeks have emerged after a report...
Martland v Co-operative Insurance Society LtdFactsMr Martland was employed by Co-operative Insurance Society Ltd (CIS) as a financial adviser. In...
Robinson v Tescom Corporation
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Mr Robinson was employed as a territorial manager for Tescom, a manufacturer of pressure regulators...
We have a temporary worker who has been with us for more than two years and has become very much...
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