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 EAT has provided guidance on when an employee may take time off to care for a dependant under section...
In R v Porter’, the Court of Appeal allows an appeal by the headmaster of a private school against his...
Employers will be able to ‘self-certify’ that their pension scheme meets expected standards when new minimum levels of saving come...
Redrow Homes (Yorkshire) Ltd v (1) Buckborough (2) Sewell
Facts
Mr Buckborough and Mr Sewell were bricklayers who approached builder...
Part of my role is monitoring absence. It’s come to my notice that one member of staff has been off...
Guy Guinan, employment partner, HalliwellsWhen an employee decides to leave, too often it appears that the contractual notice period is...
The HR director for XL Leisure Group, which went into administration last week leaving thousands of holidaymakers stranded overseas, has...
The latest crop of graduates and school leavers to hit our workplaces have been branded the most demanding and self-serving...
Gagandeep Prasad and Caroline Buckley spell out the vital contract and policy documentation for holiday entitlement.The summer holidays are fast...
The government has decided to extend and revamp the right of employees to request flexible working. When this becomes effective...
What is the legal status of someone employed on a casual basis? Is it related to the number of hours...
Tullett Prebon Group Limited v Ghaleb El-HajjaliFactsTullett Prebon Group Limited (“Tullett”), a City investment firm, entered into an employment contract...
Watson Wyatt has published the latest editions of its well-known annual reports on employee benefits and employment terms and conditions for...
Swiss investment bank UBS recently grabbed some headlines with the interim injunction that it won against competing start-up wealth manager,...
Flexible working could soon become a casualty of the credit crunch, an employment expert has warned.Julie Quinn, employment partner at...
