End of employment

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• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter informing wider workforce of proposed redundancies

  A model letter to inform the wider workforce, who are not at risk, about a potential redundancy situation.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter to employee confirming expiry of fixed-term contract

  A model letter dismissing an employee working under a fixed-term contract on the ground that the term of the contract is about to expire.

• Type:

  Contract clauses

  Fixed term contract clause (lasts for specific term)

  A model contract clause stating that a contract is for a fixed duration.

• Type:

  Contract clauses

  Fixed term contract clause (ends after particular task completed)

  A model contract clause stating that a fixed-term contract is for a particular task.

• Type:

  Contract clauses

  Fixed term contract clause (ends on specific event)

  A model contract clause stating that a fixed-term contract will terminate on the occurrence of a specific event.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  TUPE transfers: catering manager's protests over stricter approach to working hours

  The employer in this tribunal case had to deal with the common scenario of a transferred employee taking exception to being required to stick more strictly to contractual working hours.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Claire Thomas is managing associate, and Chris McAvoy, Joelle Parkinson, David Rintoul, and Gerri Hurst associates at Addleshaw Goddard LLP. They round up the latest rulings.

• Type:

  FAQs

  What is the time frame for electing employee representatives for collective redundancy consultation purposes?

• Type:

  How to

  How to manage voluntary redundancies

  Practical guidance on managing voluntary redundancies, including selecting employees; consultation; settlement agreements; and early retirement.

• Date:

  26 March 2013

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Golden handcuffs: pilots who took voluntary redundancy entitled to reclaim loans they made to airline

  This unusual breach of contract case involving pilots who sought to be repaid loans that they made to an airline provides a useful reminder for employers of the definition of redundancy.