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  • Type:
    Employment law guide

    Fixed-term workers

    This resource is kept under review and updated in line with developments.

  • Date:
    15 May 2025
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Employment Rights Bill essentials: Managing zero hours workers

    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.

  • Type:
    Employment law guide

    Common contract terms

    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.

  • Type:
    Employment law guide

    Written statement of employment particulars

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

  • Type:
    Policies and procedures

    Example staff handbook structure

    Updated to include a Neonatal care leave policy (birth) and a Neonatal care leave policy (adoption) in the family-friendly leave section.

  • Date:
    5 March 2025
    Type:
    News

    Agency workers to be included in zero-hours clampdown

    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.

  • Date:
    8 January 2025
    Type:
    News

    Hundreds of Addison Lee drivers win worker status case

    A tribunal has ruled that all Addison Lee drivers are workers, who will now be entitled to backdated holiday pay and compensation for loss of earnings.

  • Date:
    6 December 2024
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Employment Rights Bill: 10 key policies employers must revamp

    The Employment Rights Bill packs 28 imposing employment law reforms into its 158 pages. While HR professionals await the substantive details needed to flesh out the Bill, we outline the key policies that you will need to update and an overview of what those updates might involve.

  • Date:
    21 November 2024
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: What changes should HR prepare for from the Employment Rights Bill?

    The Labour Government published its highly anticipated Employment Rights Bill on 10 October 2024. In this edition of the podcast, Brightmine employment law experts Zeba Sayed and Stephen Simpson analyse the key proposals in the Bill and offer advice on how HR can begin to prepare for the changes.

  • Date:
    20 November 2024
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Employment Rights Bill Q&A

    The Labour Government published its highly anticipated Employment Rights Bill on 10 October 2024. In this edition of the podcast, Brightmine employment law experts Zeba Sayed and Stephen Simpson answer questions on different aspects of the Bill, from the timeline for the measures coming into effect to the nuances of the proposed unfair dismissal and fire and rehire changes.

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HR and legal information and guidance relating to contracts of employment.