Section 230(2) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 defines the employment agreement as contract of service or apprenticeship. The line of demarcation between contract of service and contract for service is that: Contract of service: An employer – employee contract is called contract of service. Contract for service: A contractor – client contract is called contract for service. Employment agreement is made between employee and employer which contain their employment rights, duties and responsibilities. Employee [...]

The contract of service is also called employment contract. A service agreement is made between employee and employer which contain their employment rights, duties and responsibilities. Employee is entitled to avail all statutory rights that are attributed to employee in absence of written contract of service between employer and employee. It is the legal obligation of employer to provide written terms of employment to employee within two months of the starting work. The employer and [...]

The Equality Act became law in October 2010.The Equality Act is a single piece of legislation replacing a multitude of anti-discrimination legislation. It replaces the following previous legislations such as: The Equal Pay Act 1970; The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 The Race Relations Act 1976 The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 The Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003 The Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003 The Disability Discrimination Act 2005 The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 [...]

Veakins v Keir Islington Ltd – conduct must be “oppressive and unacceptable” to amount to “harassment” under 1997 Act Court of Appeal – 02/12/2009 In a claim under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 (which will be rare in matters concerning the workplace) the court must focus primarily on the requirement that the conduct complained of be “oppressive and unacceptable” (as against merely “unattractive, unreasonable or regrettable”), albeit that it should also bear in mind the authority [...]