Contracts of employment

New and updated

• Type:

  How to

  How to draft an employment contract

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

• Type:

  How to

  How to employ an individual on a fixed-term contract

  Updated to reflect changes in entitlement to a written statement of employment particulars, effective from 6 April 2020.

• Type:

  How to

  How to decide whether or not to make use of employee-shareholder status

  Updated to reflect increases in the maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal and the capital gains tax annual allowance, both in force from 6 April 2020.

• Date:

  3 April 2020

  Type:

  Editor's choice

  April 2020: Employment law changes

  We round up our key content on April employment law changes.

• Date:

  24 March 2020

  Type:

  Law reports

  Constructive dismissal: Public "dressing down" entitled employee to resign

  In MacLean v Menzies Distribution Ltd, an employment tribunal found that the employer's public "dressing-down" of an employee via email entitled the employee to resign and successfully claim constructive dismissal.

• Type:

  Employment law manual

  Variation of contracts

  Updated to include information about the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and relevance to varying contracts.

• Type:

  Employment law manual

  Pay and the employment contract

  Updated to include information about the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and relevance for pay.

• Type:

  FAQs

  During the coronavirus outbreak, can an employer require its employees to take on different roles to cover absence?

• Date:

  19 March 2020

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  April 2020 employment law changes: Eight tasks for HR

  Each April, HR professionals must ensure that their organisation complies with the latest round of amended employment laws and deadlines. As well as dealing with the ongoing impact of coronavirus (Covid-19), important issues for HR in April 2020 include changes to written statements of terms and conditions, the introduction of parental bereavement leave and pay, and changes to the law on calculating holiday pay for workers with irregular hours.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Written statement of terms and conditions of employment

  A model statement to provide a written statement of terms and conditions of employment.