Contracts of employment

New and updated

• Part-time workers: Zero hours lecturer could compare himself to permanent full-time lecturer

  Date:

  21 June 2018

  Type:

  Law reports

  In Roddis v Sheffield Hallam University, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that a lecturer employed under a zero hours contract was employed under the same type of contract as a permanent full-time lecturer for the purposes of his claim of less favourable treatment under the Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000 (SI 2000/1551).

• Most employers back idea for stable contract requests

  Date:

  1 June 2018

  Type:

  News

  Two-thirds of employers back the introduction of a right for agency workers and zero-hours contract workers to request a stable contract.

• Podcast: Restrictive covenants - protecting your business

  Date:

  25 May 2018

  Type:

  Audio and video

  Special guest Patrick Brodie talks about using restrictive covenants to protect your business effectively.

• Letter to union or employee representatives starting consultation on proposed variation in contractual terms and conditions

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.

• Letter inviting an employee to an individual consultation meeting to discuss varying his or her contract of employment

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.

• Procedure on varying terms and conditions

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.

• Letter to affected employees inviting them to elect representatives for collective consultation purposes where a proposal to vary contractual terms and conditions may result in "redundancies"

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.

• Letter informing union or employee representatives of proposed variation to contracts of employment

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.

• Risk assessing relationships: Time to review employment contracts

  Date:

  11 May 2018

  Type:

  Legal guidance

  With major changes to employment status likely on the horizon and a growing proportion of the workforce operating within the gig economy, employers must ensure that they risk assess their relationships sooner rather than later. Michael Hibbs explains.

• Hermes "coerced" staff into misleading HMRC, manager claims

  Date:

  4 May 2018

  Type:

  News

  HM Revenue and Customs is reportedly investigating allegations that delivery company Hermes trained managers to mislead tax officials about how it treated workers.