Contracts of employment

New and updated

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Letter offering to extend furloughed employee's fixed-term contract

  Updated to set out upcoming changes to the scheme, including the introduction of "flexible furloughing" from July and gradual winding down of the scheme in August, September and October.

• Date:

  27 May 2020

  Type:

  Law reports

  TUPE: Improvements to contractual benefits before transfer were void

  In Ferguson and others v Astrea Asset Management Ltd, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the transferor's substantial improvements to the employment contracts of senior employees shortly before the transfer were void under TUPE legislation and the EU abuse of law principle.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Can an employer extend a fixed-term contract that comes to an end while the employee is furloughed?

• Type:

  Quick reference

  Written statement of terms and conditions of employment - the principal statement

  Updated to reflect changes in entitlement to and the information that must be provided in written statements, effective from 6 April 2020.

• Type:

  Quick reference

  Written statement of terms and conditions of employment - further information

  Updated to reflect changes in entitlement to and the information that must be provided in written statements, effective from 6 April 2020.

• Type:

  Quick reference

  Written statement of terms and conditions of employment - note on discipline and grievances

  Updated to reflect changes in entitlement to written statements, effective from 6 April 2020.

• Type:

  Employment law manual

  Common contract terms

  Updated to reflect that the written statement of employment particulars must include additional information about hours of work, from 6 April 2020.

• Type:

  Employment law manual

  Contracts of employment: key differences in Scotland and Northern Ireland

  Updated to highlight differences in the requirements for the written statement of employment particulars in Northern Ireland, compared to the rest of the UK.

• Type:

  Employment law manual

  Written statement of employment particulars

  Revised to reflect changes in entitlement to, and information that must be included in, the written statement of employment particulars and the increase in the maximum compensation for breach of the written particulars requirements, effective from 6 April 2020.

• Type:

  How to

  How to employ an individual on a casual or zero hours contract

  Updated to reflect that the right to a written statement of employment particulars is extended to workers and that the holiday pay reference period has changed for workers without normal working hours, effective from 6 April 2020.