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• Type:

  Contract clauses

  Standby and call-out contract clause

  A model contract clause to set out terms relating to the requirement for employees to be on standby and available for work outside of their normal hours of work.

• Date:

  9 December 2009

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Smith v Oxfordshire Learning Disability NHS Trust

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that a sleep-in payment was not an allowance for the purpose of the national minimum wage. Therefore it should not be excluded from the calculation of the hourly rate paid by the employer.

• Type:

  Contract clauses

  Overtime contract clause

  A model contract clause to set out terms relating to overtime.

• Date:

  19 January 2009

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Lucy and others v British Airways plc

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that an employment tribunal did not have jurisdiction to hear claims against British Airways for non-payment of flying allowances to cabin crew who had not been able to fly because of an airport closure.

• Type:

  Contract clauses

  Relocation expenses repayment agreement

  A model agreement to obtain an employee's permission to reclaim relocation expenses in the event that their employment is terminated within a certain period.

• Type:

  Policies and procedures

  Relocation assistance policy

  A model policy to set out your organisation's relocation assistance scheme.

• Date:

  16 February 2007

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Holiday pay: Holiday pay to include attendance and performance bonus

  In May Gurney Ltd v Adshead and others EAT/0150/06 the Employment Appeal Tribunal holds that the remuneration of employees entitled to a perfomance bonus "does vary with the amount of work done". Accordingly the amount of a week's pay for the purpose of calculating holiday pay will be determined by taking the employees' average pay over the 12 weeks preceding their holiday.

• Date:

  12 May 2006

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  British Airways Plc v Noble and another

  In British Airways plc v Noble and another [2006] IRLR 533 CA, the Court of Appeal has held that a reduction of 4/52 in employees' shift pay, spread evenly throughout the year, is not a breach of the Working Time Regulations 1998.

• Type:

  Contract clauses

  London weighting contract clause

  A model contract clause on London weighting.

• Type:

  Contract clauses

  Relocation expenses contract clause

  A model contract clause setting out terms relating to the recovery of relocation expenses where an employee is required by their employer to move closer to their workplace.. This clause allows an organisation to reclaim relocation expenses if an employee's employment is terminated within a certain period.