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Demystifying employment contracts: Beyond the basics

Sophie Rothwell concludes our series with a look at some of the optional clauses employers may wish to include in their contracts to reduce the risk of future employment disputes Where a contract contains both a garden leave clause and post-termination restrictions, employers and advisers should consider the length of the two together when assessing …

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Demystifying employment contracts: Starting the employment relationship the right way

In the fifth part of this series, Ed Livingstone and Katrina Hennessy provide a step-by-step guide to the key topics which feature at the start of the employment relationship, including offer letters, pre-conditions, the commencement of employment and the probationary period It is important to carry out due diligence at an early stage as the …

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Demystifying employment contracts: Why it pays to take notice of notice clauses

In the fourth part of this series, Simon Fennell outlines the key issues to consider when drafting notice clauses While the Employment Rights Act imposes a minimum obligation, there is no reason why the employer cannot require the employee to provide a longer period of notice upon resignation and many employers will also be willing …

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Demystifying employment contracts: Key considerations for drafting effective post-termination restrictions

In the third part of our series, Nick Hawkins looks at different types of restrictive covenant and how to ensure they are enforceable One difficulty for employers is that the courts will consider the reasonableness of the restriction as at the date the employee entered into it, which will usually be when they started employment. …

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Public holidays: The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee – when are workers entitled to paid time off?

With the long weekend for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee approaching in June, Katie Spearman explains whether workers will be entitled to an extra day off and considers some of the tricky issues when it comes to public holidays Whether workers will be entitled to an extra day off this year will be determined by the …

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Demystifying employment contracts: Flexibility and mobility clauses

In the second part of this series, Amy Leech discusses the key legal principles and case law behind contractual flexibility clauses, including those concerned with mobility Drafting a flexibility or mobility clause too widely is likely to be considered unreasonable, rendering the clause unenforceable. Flexibility clauses are intended to do what they say on the …

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Demystifying employment contracts: Understand the essentials

In the first part of a new series, Nick Hawkins explains the key legal principles that govern contracts of employment A term might be implied if it is the usual custom and practice to include such a term in contracts of that particular kind. This might be the case if a term is regularly adopted …

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