Contracts of employment

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• Drafting defect in restrictive covenant: Court of Appeal permits ex-employee to work for competitor

  Date:

  25 July 2014

  Type:

  Law reports

  The Court of Appeal has held that an employer was bound by the terms of a restrictive covenant in an employment contract that, on a literal reading, had the unintended result that an ex-employee was not restricted from working for a competitor.

• Case round-up

  Date:

  1 June 2014

  Type:

  Law reports

  Amanda Steadman is a professional support lawyer and Ed Gregory, Rosie Kight and Joanne Magill are associate solicitors at Addleshaw Goddard LLP. They round up the latest rulings.

• Terms and conditions: Vary an employee's terms and conditions

  Type:

  Liveflo

  Use this terms and conditions workflow to vary the contractual terms and conditions of one or more of your employees in accordance with good practice and the obligation to consult over the proposed change.

• Employee shareholder

  Type:

  Employment glossary

  Definition from the XpertHR glossary.

• Illegality did not prevent sex discrimination claim

  Date:

  10 March 2014

  Type:

  Law reports

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that the fact that a claimant had worked under an illegal contract did not prevent her from claiming sex discrimination.

• Case round-up

  Date:

  1 March 2014

  Type:

  Law reports

  David Malamatenios is a partner and Krishna Santra, Sandra Martins and Colin Makin are senior associates at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.

• Following a TUPE transfer, can the transferee change employees' terms and conditions that were incorporated from a collective agreement prior to the transfer?

  Type:

  FAQs

• How to employ an individual on a fixed-term contract

  Type:

  How to

  Practical guidance on employing an individual on a fixed-term contract, including the Fixed-term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002; recruiting temporary workers; break clauses; successive fixed-term contracts; and expiry of the fixed-term contract.

• Case round-up

  Date:

  1 December 2013

  Type:

  Law reports

  Colin Makin, Krishna Santra, Linda Quinn and Sandra Martins are senior associates and Melissa Powys-Rodrigues is an associate at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.

• Letter reminding an employee to sign and return his or her written statement of terms and conditions of employment

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  A model letter reminding an employee to sign and return his or her written statement of terms and conditions of employment.