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- Type:
- Contract clauses
Enhanced with a new holiday clause to reflect legislation in place from 1 January 2024 confirming the circumstances in which annual leave can be carried forward and the new method of calculating annual leave for irregular hours and part-year workers for holiday years beginning on or after 1 April 2024.
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- Type:
- FAQs
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- Type:
- Contract clauses
A model contract for engaging a casual worker on a short-term basis.
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- Type:
- Contract clauses
A model contract for engaging an employee on a zero hours contract on a permanent basis.
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- Date:
- 19 January 2024
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- Podcasts and webinars
We discuss the key employment law changes expected to come into force this year and reflect on some important case law decisions from 2023.
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- Type:
- Legal timetable
Updated to reflect that the Employment Rights (Amendment, Revocation and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023 came into force on 1 January 2024.
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- Date:
- 16 November 2023
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
A number of changes to holiday entitlement and pay are due to come in next year, especially for workers with irregular hours and part-year workers. We look at what HR needs to know to be ready for the developments.
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- Date:
- 8 November 2023
- Type:
- 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:
- Employment law cases
In Harpur Trust v Brazel, the Supreme Court held that holiday pay for part-year workers should not be calculated on a pro rata basis, but by applying the approach set out in s.224 of the Employment Rights Act.
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- Date:
- 1 July 2022
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
As we reach the midpoint of 2022, HR professionals would be forgiven for losing track of all the live employment law proposals and what they mean for their organisation. To assist HR with planning for the rest of the year and beyond, we round up the major employment law changes in the pipeline as of mid-2022.