Contracts of employment

New and updated

• Date:

  24 July 2020

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Demotion during post-pandemic restructuring

  Demoting employees as part of a restructuring programme may offer a more favourable alternative to redundancies, but employers need to beware of the ramifications of making such contractual changes and to ensure the process followed is lawful. Paida Dube, employment law solicitor at DavidsonMorris, explains.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter inviting employee to meeting to discuss change of place of work because of workplace closure

  A model letter to invite an employee to a meeting to discuss a permanent change to their place of work because of a workplace closure.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter to employee confirming change of place of work because of workplace closure

  A model letter to confirm an employee's agreement to change their place of work permanently because of a workplace closure.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter inviting employee to meeting to discuss permanent homeworking arrangement because of workplace closure

  A model letter to invite an employee to a meeting to discuss a move to permanent homeworking. Depending on the size and nature of your organisation, cost-saving measures to reduce the need for redundancies could include the closure of your work locations and move to permanent homeworking for some or all of your staff.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter to employee confirming permanent homeworking arrangement because of workplace closure

  A model letter to confirm a move to permanent homeworking with an employee. Depending on the size and nature of your organisation, cost-saving measures to reduce the need for redundancies could include the closure of your work locations and move to permanent homeworking for some or all of your staff.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  TUPE: Improvements to contractual benefits before transfer were void

  In Ferguson and others v Astrea Asset Management Ltd, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the transferor's substantial improvements to the employment contracts of senior employees shortly before the transfer were void under TUPE legislation and the EU abuse of law principle.

• Type:

  Quick reference

  Written statement of terms and conditions of employment - the principal statement

  Updated to reflect changes in entitlement to and the information that must be provided in written statements, effective from 6 April 2020.

• Type:

  Quick reference

  Written statement of terms and conditions of employment - further information

  Updated to reflect changes in entitlement to and the information that must be provided in written statements, effective from 6 April 2020.

• Type:

  Quick reference

  Written statement of terms and conditions of employment - note on discipline and grievances

  Updated to reflect changes in entitlement to written statements, effective from 6 April 2020.

• Type:

  How to

  How to employ an individual on a fixed-term contract

  Updated to reflect that the code of practice on dismissal and re-engagement may apply when a fixed-term contract ends or is extended.