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- Type:
- Employment law guide
Updated with reference to Brake Bros Ltd v Hudek, which dealt with whether to imply a term that would entitle a worker to additional payment for hours worked beyond the contracted weekly hours.
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- Date:
- 15 May 2025
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- Commentary and insights
The policy intent behind the measures relating to zero and low hours workers in the Employment Rights Bill is to end one-sided flexibility and "exploitative zero hours contracts". This does not mean that there will be an outright ban on such contracts. What it does mean is that there will now be a legislative framework, the intention behind which is to deliver a better level of predictability and security for workers. Barrister and mediator Alison Frazer looks at the practical implications for HR.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
Updated with a reference to Kau Media Group Ltd v Hart, which emphasised the importance of identifying relevant business interests when enforcing post-termination contracts.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
Updated with the maximum amount of a week’s pay for calculating compensation for breach of the written particulars requirements, effective 6 April 2025.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
Updated with changes to the Employment Rights Bill that will permit employers to enter into collective agreements to negate or modify the new rights around guaranteed hours and notice of shifts for low or zero hours workers.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
Updated to reflect changes in entitlement to and the information that must be provided in written statements, effective from 6 April 2020.
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- Type:
- Policies and procedures
Updated to include a Neonatal care leave policy (birth) and a Neonatal care leave policy (adoption) in the family-friendly leave section.
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- Type:
- Legal timetable
Updated to reflect the publication of the Government's response to its consultation on the application of zero hours contracts measures to agency workers, which was published on 4 March 2025.
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- Type:
- Legal timetable
Updated to reflect the publication of the Government's response to its consultation on fire and rehire, which was published on 4 March 2025.
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- Date:
- 5 March 2025
- Type:
- News
Agency workers will be included in the ban on 'exploitative' zero-hours contracts, as the government tables around 250 amendments to its landmark Employment Rights Bill today.