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.
Most codes of behaviour don't cause controversy. But for some organisations, straight talking is the order of the day, as Virginia Matthews discovers.
This updated version of the guide originally published in 2004 includes an overview of developments in government policy, such as incapacity benefit reform, which will have a major effect on how employers deal with incapacitated employees as well as covering important changes to employment law.
Sandra Wallace of DLA Piper offers advice on formulating a mobile phone policy
EU There are proposals for a new insolvency directive. The European Economic and Social Committee recently welcomed the European Council’s...
Changes have been made to the Dutch Working Hours Act to legitimise longer hours in some circumstances. The amendments, which...
The Belgian government has placed new reporting obligations on foreign companies sending employees to work in Belgium. With effect from...
Background Catherine Sanderson is English and until recently worked for the Anglo-French accountancy firm Dixon Wilson in Paris.Under her blogger...
UK law firm DWF has warned of an onslaught of requests from part-time staff for time off in lieu during...
To some employees, a sick day is a means to extend the weekend. But you can take action.
An employee competed in the London Marathon. She was running for charity in fancy dress and tripped on part of...
Employers have been warned they are at risk of legal action after it was revealed that almost half of HR...
‘Bogus self-employment’ in the construction industry is leading to huge skills shortages and increasing demand for migrant labour, a union...
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is a the centre of a bitter dispute with unions after suggesting that up to...
All health professionals will be required to prove their fitness to practice every five years, under landmark new proposals. The...
Plans to protect vulnerable agency workers and clamp down on rogue employers have been set out in a government consultation....
