Managing employees/workers
Practical guidance on employing agency temps as permanent members of staff, including the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003; transfer fees; and extended hire periods.
A model letter offering condolences to an employee on their hospitalisation.
A model letter offering condolences to an employee on their illness.
A model contract clause for a part-time working setting out terms relating to hours of work and overtime.
In Protectacoat Firthglow Ltd v Szilagyi [2009] IRLR 365 CA, the Court of Appeal held that a purported contract for services - entered into by the worker as a prerequisite for being given work - was a sham, because it did not represent the parties' true intentions and expectations. The individual was an employee, not an independent contractor.
In Matuszowicz v Kingston Upon Hull City Council [2009] IRLR 288 CA, the Court of Appeal held that, where an employee relies on the employer's alleged continuing omission to make a reasonable adjustment, in the absence of evidence as to the date of the employer's decision, the time limit for instituting tribunal proceedings runs from the end of the period during which the employer might reasonably have been expected to effect the adjustment, unless there is an earlier inconsistent act.
Practical guidance on dealing with a workaholic employee who works excessive hours and refuses to take holidays.
A table setting out the time limits for bringing tribunal claims for a breach of parental rights.
A model contract clause to set out terms relating to overtime.
HR and legal information and guidance relating to managing employees/workers.