Annual hours are the total hours worked by an employee or worker in a calendar year.
Under an annualised hours contract, an employee's hours are expressed as a total number of hours to be worked during the course of the year. The hours actually worked are likely to fluctuate from week to week and month to month.
Stephen Simpson looks at five important employment law cases that will grab the headlines in 2021, covering significant issues such...
Spain: a four-day week is being considered as a measure that could boost jobs, productivity and help the country recover from the economic damage of the pandemic.
Each April, HR professionals must ensure that their organisation complies with the latest round of amended employment laws and deadlines....
A future Labour government would reduce the average working week to 32 hours, shadow councillor John McDonnell has told delegates at the party's Brighton conference.
How should you calculate holiday pay for a term-time worker without regular hours?
A recent Court of Appeal decision, The...
Anyone thinking that the UK’s upcoming grandparental leave is unnecessary meddling by law-makers should look beyond these shores at the...
An employment tribunal has held that Greater Manchester Police committed sex discrimination against a female police officer when it amended...
Annual or annualised hours contracts can be beneficial for both employers and employees, but HR professionals need to manage them...
Fatigue can have far-reaching implications in the workplace. John Wilkinson, who was involved in the investigation that took place following...
Amid recent news reports of an increase in employers’ use of zero-hours contracts, Sarah Veale, TUC head of equalities and...
Employees who fall sick during their annual leave have the right to re-take that annual leave a later date, irrespective...
The Government is being urged to limit the length of night shifts to eight hours, after a study warned that...
Working hours are on the rise again after the recession and cost-saving measures implemented by employers led to a forced...
People who regularly work 10- to 12-hour days increase their risk of a heart attack by two-thirds, research has found....
HR news and views including:The HR and employment law implications of extreme weather:
Health and safety implications
Absent employees’ rights...
