Weekly issue 110 - April 2006

A Point in Time

The whole point of the fixed term directive was to stop employers offering workers successive fixed term contracts instead of indefinite contracts.

Critical Remark was Wrong

Anyone elected as a trade union representative of a recognised trade union has certain legal rights.

Fighting Fire with … The Law

Under the Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000, part timers have to be treated the same as full timers, if they do similar work and are employed on the same type of contract.

Individually Contracted

It is not always easy to know if someone is an employee or a worker. And the difference matters because employees enjoy far more rights than workers.

Informed Grievance

Before transferring their business to someone else, employers are supposed to inform and consult their employees about it.

Time to Transfer

It is 25 years since the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) – better known as TUPE – Regulations became law in the UK.

Working Abroad

It stands to reason that employees working in Great Britain can bring claims for unfair dismissal here. But what about workers elsewhere?

In the news

Launching a consultation on the new gender equality duty, the Equal Opportunities Commission has said it wants public sector bodies to respond so that it can help them meet their obligations under the law.