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Understanding Employment Tribunals – A Step-by-Step Guide

In the United Kingdom, Employment Tribunals play a crucial role in resolving disputes between employers and employees relating to employment rights, discrimination, unfair dismissal, and other workplace issues. Employment Tribunal hearings provide a formal legal process for parties to present their cases and seek resolution. It is important to be aware of how to protect your business from any claim from an Employment Tribunal.

Understanding Non-Disclosure Agreements – A Step by Step Guide

An employer might use a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) to stop an employee or worker sharing information. A non-disclosure agreement can also be known as a 'confidentiality clause'. It's a written agreement and could be: • in an employment contract • in a conciliation agreement (COT3) – written up when an agreement is reached through early conciliation • in a settlement agreement • in a separate, stand-alone document It is a useful tool to protect your businesses intellectual property, trading agreements and customer terms and conditions

Understanding the TUPE Regulations – A Step by Step Guide

TUPE stands for Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment). The TUPE regulations protect employees' rights when they transfer to a new employer. A TUPE transfer is when there's either: • a business transfer - A business transfer is when an organisation, or part of it, is transferred from one employer to another. • a service provider change - A service provider change is when a service is transferred to a new provider. For example, when another company takes over a contract for office catering. An employer needs to understand the TUPE Regulations when acquiring a new business to comply with the law and treat the transferring employees fairly

Managing Agency Workers - An Introduction and Overview

By definition and under the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 (the ‘Regulations’), an agency worker is an individual supplied by a temporary work agency to work temporarily under the supervision and direction of a hirer. (The company they are supplied to is known as the hirer). The Regulations only cover a relationship where the agency worker has a contract with and is paid by the agency, not the hirer. The Regulations do not affect other casual workers which includes staff working on a service that is being provided by a managed service provider (for example a company that provides HR services to other companies), or employees who are placed into permanent employment via a recruitment agency. This guide sets out the rights agency workers have when you hire them.

Managing Contracts of Employment - A Step by Step Guide

The law allows you to issue the written statement in instalments, but certain key information must be included in the ‘principal’ statement which must be included in a single document. This needs to be issued within two months of the employees appointment. This guide sets out how to create a 'principal' statement or Contract of Employment.

Managing Contracts of Employment - Introduction and Overview

A contract of employment is a legally binding agreement between employer and employee which is formed when an employee agrees to work for an employer in return for pay. You are required by law to give a written statement detailing employees’ particulars of employment within two months of their employment.