Contracts of employment

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• What requirements must be met for an individual to have employee-shareholder status?

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  FAQs

• Do employees have protection if they refuse to agree to employee-shareholder status?

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  FAQs

• What employment rights are forfeited by an individual who agrees to employee-shareholder status?

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  FAQs

• Case of the week: No breach of confidence when former employee unaware of misuse of confidential information

  Date:

  14 August 2013

  Type:

  Law reports

  In DLA Piper's case of the week, Vestergaard Frandsen v Bestnet Europe and others, the Supreme Court held that an individual can be liable for breach of confidence only if he or she knows that the information being used is confidential.

• Draft a zero hours contract

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  Tasks

• Draft a casual contract

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  Tasks

• How to avoid falling foul of the law on harmonising contractual terms and conditions following a TUPE transfer

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  How to

  Practical guidance on the law on harmonising contractual terms and conditions following a TUPE transfer, including variation of terms derived from a collective agreement; economic, technical and organisational reasons for variation; and varying terms with employees' consent.

• Confidentiality agreement (compliant with the Data Protection Act 1998)

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  A model restrictive covenant contract clause to prohibit existing staff from disclosing secret company information or using confidential information.

• Contract clause on employee's obligation to disclose developments

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  A model contract clause on an employee's obligation to disclose developments.

• Contract clause on employee's inventions created before commencement of employment

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  A model contract clause on employee's inventions created before commencement of employment.