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- Type:
- Employment law cases
Updated to reflect that the EAT delivered its judgment in Accattatis v Fortuna Group (London) Ltd on 29 February 2024.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
Updated to include additional information on agency worker rights and the revocation of regulations relating to posted agency workers.
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- Date:
- 8 November 2023
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- Commentary and insights
The Workers (Predicable Terms and Conditions) Act 2023 has now received Royal Assent. But will it fix the problem of zero hours contracts and precarious work? Probably not, says XpertHR consultant editor Darren Newman, who casts an eye over Labour's plans for a "New Deal" and points to a forgotten proposal with the potential to make a real difference.
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- Type:
- Legal timetable
Updated to reflect that the Act has received Royal Assent.
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- Date:
- 26 July 2022
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
Consultant editor Darren Newman argues that more restrictive trade union laws, such as the lifting of the ban on using agency workers during industrial action and an increase in the level of damages that can be awarded against unions for unlawful industrial action, are not the answer to tackling the current wave of industrial unrest.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
Updated to include information on the application of the Swedish derogation for agency workers in Northern Ireland.
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- Date:
- 25 January 2022
- Type:
- Podcasts and webinars
We highlight key cases due to be decided in 2022 and discuss their impact on HR. These include cases on: vicarious liability, holiday pay, agency workers, compulsory retirement ages, and coronavirus-related health and safety cases. We will also be reflecting on the key decisions from last year and look forward to the case law trends likely to emerge this year.
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- Type:
- Interactive flowcharts
Use this agency workers flowchart where you wish to take on a temporary agency worker as a permanent employee.
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- Date:
- 20 January 2021
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Angard Staffing Solutions Ltd and another v Kocur and another; Kocur and another v Angard Staffing Solutions Ltd and another, the Employment Appeal Tribunal made a number of determinations about agency worker rights, including that agency workers are not entitled to apply for, or to be considered for vacancies on the same terms as directly recruited employees.
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- Date:
- 22 July 2020
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Kocur and others v Angard Staffing Solutions Ltd and another, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that a worker supplied by an agency to work temporarily for Royal Mail was an agency worker, despite the fact that he was supplied exclusively to Royal Mail on a regular basis over four years.