Contract workers Law

Good news from Europe?
Does the EU's failure to adopt the Temporary (Agency) Workers Directive ("TAWD") mean the end of attempts to give temps and contract workers more employment rights? As widely reported, th... | briefing | 7 Dec 2007 10:24AM

Holiday baggage: the issue of rolled up holiday pay
The 1993 EU Working Time Directive designed to allow all workers a minimum of four weeks' paid holiday, after an initial debate as to whether or not it should apply to the UK, has been incorporated... | briefing | 13 Nov 2007 10:06AM

Is the UK Treasury about to tighten up the IR35 tax regime for limited company contractors?
The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, announced in the 2004 Budget that he would be reviewing the tax and NICs status of self-employed workers. Clearly there was a concern that insuffic... | briefing | 20 Dec 2004 10:03AM

Temporary (Agency) Workers Directive: when will it be finalised and what will it say?
Many commentators have been predicting that the Temporary (Agency) Workers Directive (TAWD) will be pushed through in the near future, with a massively adverse impact on users and suppliers of 'tem... | briefing | 20 Dec 2004 9:47AM

Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Amendment) Regulations 2003 - Summary of key changes
The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Amendment) Regulations 2003 introduced key changes into the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA). The changes are, in part, to bring the DDA into line wi... | briefing | 15 Nov 2004 8:34AM

Contract workers were not employees of company, says Court of Appeal
A supplier of temporary and contract workers has won its appeal against an earlier Employment Tribunal ruling on the employment status of the workers it supplies. A year ago the Employment Tri... | case | 30 Apr 2008 3:40PM

Employment status of casual workers
The EAT has held in North Wales Probation Area v Edwards that a worker who worked on a casual basis was employed under a contract of employment for each session of work. Mrs Edwards worked under a ... | case | 8 Feb 2008 2:25PM

Court of Appeal decision on agency workers
The Court of Appeal has handed down judgement in the much anticipated case of James v London Borough of Greenwich. The case concerns the highly vexed issue of agency workers being, or becoming, emp... | case | 6 Feb 2008 9:23AM

Illegality of employment contracts challenged at Tribunal
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has found that if an employment contract which has been entered into in good faith turns out to be illegal it does not preclude a claim under contract or tort law. In... | case | 6 Dec 2007 5:39PM

Collective agreements no reason to treat contract workers differently
The Court of Justice has decided that it is not possible to objectively justify a difference in treatment between fixed-term and permanent workers solely on the basis of a statutory provision or a ... | case | 13 Nov 2007 9:01AM

Legionella trial draws to an end
Workplace Law Group email Workplace Law Members' ebulletin no. 240 19 July 2006 © Workplace Law Network 2006 http://www.workplacelaw.net... | ebulletin | 19 Jul 2006 12:47PM

New HSE Guidance on Work-related Road Safety
[subject - Members E-bulletin 100, 17 September 2003] 17 September 2003 (c) Workplacelaw Network Quick link - http://www.workplacelaw.net/index.php?a_id=1315 Welcome to issue no. 100 of y... | ebulletin | 17 Sep 2003 3:36PM

Three weeks until asbestos regs change
Workplace Law Group email Workplace Law Members' ebulletin no. 254 25 October 2006 © Workplace Law Network 2006 http://www.workplace... | ebulletin | 25 Oct 2006 1:26PM

New Guidance on Facilities Management Contracts
Contents 1. This Week 2. News: New Guidance on Facilities Management Contracts 3. Focus: DDA – The New Code of Practice 4. E-shop: Legal information for workplace managers 1. THIS WEEK ... | ebulletin | 23 Mar 2002 3:58PM

Workplace Law Network Members' ebulletin no. 227
Workplace Law Group email Workplace Law Members' ebulletin no. 227 19 April 2006 © Workplace Law Network 2006 http://www.workplacela... | ebulletin | 19 Apr 2006 6:23PM

Contract disputes
| Factsheet | 17 Sep 2007 6:39AM

Playing with numbers: TUPE special issue
It's been around for 24 years (nearly 100 if you're picky!), there's endless case law to guide us, and yet we still don't have a clue what we're doing when TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings Protection... | Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2005 2:07PM

New guidance on facilities management contracts launched
Workplace Law Network has now published Facilities Management Contracts 2008, following the success of our best-selling Guide to Facilities Management Contracts, first and second edi... | network news | 22 Nov 2007 4:01PM

BPF launches fully updated consultancy agreement
The BPF Consultancy Agreement, fully updated to include changes to reflect the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007, is available to buy from Workplace Law today. Developed by clie... | network news | 25 Jul 2007 12:00AM

New guidance on working with contractors published
Misunderstandings over who is responsible for monitoring and protecting contractors and subcontractors – leading to the failure to carry out responsibilities – is often at the heart of ... | network news | 27 Sep 2007 11:30AM

Workplace Law launches new CIPD professional training courses
Workplace Law Training has launched two new CIPD courses for HR and Personnel professionals. These new qualifications add to Workplace Law’s portfolio of accredited training courses and offer... | network news | 18 Jan 2007 12:00AM

Spring 2005 Employment Law Update Special Report now available
Workplace Law Publishing has launched the brand-new Employment Law Update: Special Report, Spring 2005 Edition which provides comprehensive, up-to-date and authoritative guidance to new and forthco... | network news | 17 May 2005 12:00AM

Most employers “have nothing to fear” from TUC report
 In light of the release of its report into working conditions, the TUC has reassured employers that only the “dodgy” ones will be penalised for their treatment of vulnerable worke... | news | 9 May 2008 12:36PM

Agency worker law might not protect most agency workers
If agency workers were given the same rights as full time employees after a year - as the CBI has argued for - then three quarters of agency workers would still be excluded from protection, a new r... | news | 8 May 2008 1:21PM

Arguments against rights for temps are myths, says TUC
To give support to a new Private Member’s Bill, which aims to give agency workers equal treatment rights at work, the TUC has announced that the top business arguments against giving agency w... | news | 6 Feb 2008 11:32AM

Landmark ruling: agency workers do not have the same rights
In a landmark judgement, the Court of Appeal has ruled that agency workers do not have the same rights as staff employed directly by the company. The case, James v London Borough of Greenwich,... | news | 5 Feb 2008 4:56PM

Security industry tackles illegal working
As 7,000 Security Industry Authority licences are revoked, the British Security Industry Association claims that lessons have been learnt from the illegal worker controversy that has dogged th... | news | 4 Feb 2008 10:06AM

Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994
These Regulations ( “the Regulations”) impose requirements and prohibitions with respect to design and management aspects of “construction work”, defined in regulation 2(1). | Regulation | 13 Sep 1994 10:49AM

Facilities Management Legal Update 2008: special report
Essential new guidance specifically for facilities managers In-depth guidance on the key issues facing facilities managers in the next 12 monthsExclusive research and opinion from industry expertsP... | Special report | 31 Jan 2008 2:32PM

Working with Contractors 2008: Special Report
Some of the most high profile health and safety cases have involved contractors – the leading case of R v. Associated Octel (1996), in which an employee of a specialist cleaning contractor wa... | Special report | 28 Sep 2007 3:50PM

Hot Work Permits: minimising the risks
It is very clear from statistics that hot works carried out by contractors represents one of the most significant fire risks to a building. All premises engaging the services of contractors are exp... | White paper | 22 Nov 2007 1:29PM

Hot Work and Hazards: managing fire safety for contractors
The presence of a contractor can very often introduce an additional level of fire hazard and risk, simply because of the work they do. It is therefore essential that their actions are properly mana... | White paper | 12 Sep 2007 4:12PM

Workplace Law Handbook 2008
Over 850 pages of updated practical information in an easy to read A-Z format A-Z guidance on everything you need to know about HR and employment law, health and safety and premises manageme... | product

Workplace Law Handbook 2007
Over 700 pages of updated practical information for workplace managers in an easy to read A-Z format A-Z guidance on everything you need to know about HR and employment law, health and safet... | product

Building Regulations One-day Legal Update Conference 0907
Changes to parts of the Building Regulations in 2006 have health and safety implications for building managers throughout England and Wales. This conference gives an overview of recent changes ... | product

IOSH Directing Safely Certificate
Directing Safely is intended for people with strategic responsibility for determining and implementing effective health and safety management within an organisation. With health and safety the most... | product

Employment Contract and Management Guide, version 4.0
PLEASE NOTE: The Standard Employment Contract, version 4.0 is available only as a downloadable zip file. From the date of purchase you will have unlimited access to this document, and any ... | product

TUPE transfers 2007: rights and responsibilities special report
Essential reading for all those responsible for TUPE transfers The TUPE transfers 2007: rights and responsibilities special report is aimed at people who have to deal with TUPE issues on a regular... | product

CDM One-day Legal Update Conference 2007
Your invitation to the CDM One-day Legal Update Conference 2007, London Workplace Law has announced dates for its new CDM One-day Legal Update Conference 2007 taking place at the MIC Con... | product

8th Annual Facilities Management Legal Update Conference and Dinner
12 months of new FM law and regulation in two days Welcome to this major event in the facilities management calendar, organised by Workplace Law Group. The 8th Annual Facilities Management Legal ... | product

Facilities Management: Legal Update - Special Report, Second Edition
The Facilities Management: Legal Update – Special Report, Second Edition gives facilities managers and other workplace managers practical guidance on the latest developments in health and saf... | product

Workplace Law Handbook 2005
Every business in the UK should own a copy of this essential publication! The Workplace Law Handbook 2005 is a complete A-Z guide to everything you need to know about HR and employment law, health... | product

Facilities Management Legal Update
You?ve probably heard of Facilities Management Legal Update, the UK?s leading professional subscription journal for facilities managers. The journal has been providing facilities managers with ded... | product

Workplacelaw Network Handbook 2004
The bestselling Workplacelaw Network Handbook 2004 updates and builds on the A-Z content from the second edition. The Handbook was developed to help those involved in facilities management deal wit... | product