Work organisation
Practical guidance on calculating the 12-week qualifying period under the Agency Workers Regulations 2010, including the need to be in the same role with the same hirer; breaks in the assignment; and anti-avoidance provisions.
Practical guidance on arranging cover for an employee on adoption leave, including fixed-term workers; secondment; acting up; arranging the handover; and the employee's return to work.
A model policy to set out how employees should manage employees who face difficulties attending their place of work and returning home during periods of severe weather or when there are disruptions to transport.
The European Court of Justice has suggested that it may be possible for employers to justify engaging an individual for more than four years on a succession of fixed-term contracts as he or she moves around to cover work for different absent employees.
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that a worker who had not opted out of the 48-hour working week did not suffer detrimental treatment when his employer refused him the opportunity to work voluntary overtime on a rest day.
A model letter making an offer of fixed-term employment.
HR and legal information and guidance relating to work organisation.