Employee-favourable
2022
Being on a permanent contract but only working part of the year does not mean your paid holiday is automatically reduced to match the proportion of the year you worked.
Being on probation feels precarious, but the law behind it is narrower than most people assume, and there's a clear answer if your employer never confirmed you'd passed.
What you’re called on paper and what you actually are in law can be two different things. That difference decides which rights you actually have. Three categories, different rights An employee gets the full set of statutory rights. That includes protection from unfair dismissal after two years and statutory redundancy pay. (This qualifying period is […]
A right to guaranteed hours for zero-hours and low-hours workers is coming. It is not law yet, and everything below is proposal, not entitlement, until it takes effect. This applies if you count as a worker, not if you’re self-employed. The core right Once in force, workers on zero-hours contracts, or contracts below a set […]
If you’re placed with a business by an agency, you have rights against both the agency and the business you’re working at, the hirer. From day one You can access the hirer’s shared facilities, such as the canteen or parking, on the same terms as their own staff. You’re also entitled to be told about […]
Zero hours does not mean zero rights. You still get real protections on a zero-hours contract, just not all of them. You’re almost certainly a worker, not an employee Zero-hours staff are usually workers in law, not employees. That distinction matters. It gives you the National Minimum Wage, paid holiday, rest breaks, and whistleblowing protection. […]
Your employer is being sold, or your contract outsourced. TUPE protects your job, pay, and continuity of service through the change, whatever your length of service.
Employee-favourable
2011
A duty of trust and confidence can protect you even before you start a new job, from the moment you have signed an agreement to join.
Employee-favourable
2021
Platform workers classified as independent contractors may be workers in law if the platform exercises significant control over how they work, regardless of what the contract says.
Mixed
1989
Genuine settlement communications are absolutely protected from use in tribunal proceedings, whether or not they are marked “without prejudice”.
Employee-favourable
1997
Every employment contract contains an implied term that your employer will not act in ways designed to destroy the trust between you. They cannot opt out of it, and breaching it gives you legal remedies.
