Company lawThe paper examines the advantage of companies recruiting staff on precarious employment contracts and the effect of such contract on the worker in the UK showing that companies benefit more from precarious employment contracts than workers do.PurposeThis paper aim to examine the implication ...
UK signs first legally-binding international treaty on AI risks.On 5 September, theUK signeda new legally binding international treaty governing the safe use of AI. The treaty aims to safeguard human rights, democracy, and the rule of law against the potential threats posed by AI. The t...
Case law updates Fire and rehire:The Supreme Court has reinstated an injunction preventing an employer from terminating employment contracts as part of a ‘fire and rehire’ exercise to change terms and conditions specifically to remove an entitlement to ‘retained pay’, a historic incentive payment...
UK Employment Law Update - July 2024 Subscribe Welcome to our monthly newsletter, with a summary of the latest news and developments in UK employment law. 作者:Robin B. JeffcottDavid AshmoreCarl De CiccoJo PowisAlison Heaton The new TUPE rules applying to transfers from 1 July 2024 are now ...
First, the EU does not have the power to regulate Employment Rights generally. It is perverse to criticise the EU for not creating a right to a minimum wage where Member States have been scrupulous to ensure it does not have the power to do so. Second, the EU law sets a floor not a...
‘this will include instructions relating to the timing and organisation of work’but working hours are usually the subject of specific terms in the contract and are not always flexible. There is certainly no case law suggesting that an employer has the general right to require an employee ...
A combination of Brexit and COVID-19 meant that as far as significant employment law developments are concerned, there has been a hiatus in recent years. This has all changed, however, in the last 12 months, in which time the UK Government has passed a high number of new pieces of emplo...
What happens if your employee doesn't sign a contract of employment? We examine a few of the results in this expert guide about current British laws.
As we move into 2020, there are a number of UK employment law developments on the horizon that require some preparation. The New Year is also a good time to take stock of key developments from the previous year to make sure that they were thoroughly addressed. Below we set out the key ...
Such a possibility depends on how far the employment tribunal and courts have incorporated a contextual framework into their interpretation of contract and how far any context incorporates wider social values consistent with public law standards of fairness and reasonableness. This paper contends that ...