United Kingdom: Key Employment Law Reforms

We have reported on the Government’s wide-ranging employment law reforms in recent bulletins.  Now that many of these reforms have come into force, amendments may need to be made to precedents, policies, and procedures.  By way of reminder, the key changes are listed below.

Changes in force from 25 June 2013

Removal of the qualifying period for unfair dismissal where the reason for the dismissal is the employee’s political opinions or affiliation.
Fundamental changes to whistleblowing legislation. […]

By | September 4th, 2013 ||

Zero-Hour Contracts – What’s All The Fuss About?

Can you imagine being an employer with a work force on-call, no overheads, no obligations to pay sick or holiday pay, being able to tell your employees when to work and if they don’t turn up, you simply don’t pay them?
Surely, this sounds like an employer’s dream?
Zero-hour contracts are typically drafted to maximise flexibility for the employee and the employer. Used appropriately, zero-hour contracts are an efficient way for employers to manage their staff […]

By | September 4th, 2013 ||

Poland: Amendments To The Labour Code

An amendment to Poland’s Labour Code regarding changes in the organization of employee working time will come into force on 23 August 2013. The new regulations introduce changes that have been long-awaited by employers with regard to the organization of employee working time.
The changes involve in particular:

the extension of the settlement period to 12 months,
the obligation to determine the distribution of working time,
the introduction of flexible working hours,
the treatment of the time involved in […]

By | August 28th, 2013 ||