Contracts of employment

New and updated

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Coronavirus and future of work: Letter to employee confirming change of place of work because of workplace closure

  A model HR letter to confirm a change of place of work with an employee. For example, your organisation's cost-saving measures to reduce the need for redundancies could include the closure of certain work locations.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Coronavirus and future of work: Letter inviting employee to meeting to discuss permanent homeworking arrangement because of workplace closure

  A model HR letter to invite an employee to a meeting to discuss a change of place of work. Depending on the size and nature of your organisation, cost-saving measures to reduce the need for redundancies could include the closure of your work locations and move to permanent homeworking for your staff.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Coronavirus and future of work: Letter to employee confirming permanent homeworking arrangement because of workplace closure

  A model HR letter to confirm a move to permanent homeworking with an employee. Depending on the size and nature of your organisation, cost-saving measures to reduce the need for redundancies could include the closure of your work locations and move to permanent homeworking for some or all of your staff.

• 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

  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:

  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.