FULL CONTENTS - EMPLOYMENT MEMO 2012

Types of employment relationship
Employees and workers
Employee or self-employed?

Pre-employment
Recruitment and selection
Offer and appointment
Right to work

Starting employment
Induction
Probation

Continuity of employment
Employment with same employer
Change of employer
Calculating period of continuous employment
Qualifying periods

Employment contract, variation and breach
Formation
Terms
Information to be provided in writing
Staff handbook
Varying terms and conditions
Breach of contract

Flexible working
Working at home
Part-time workers
Fixed-term contracts
Agency workers

Directors

Assignments
Prerequisites for assignment
Assignment abroad

Company information
Intellectual property rights
Confidential information and confidentiality
Restraints and restrictive covenants
Whistleblowing

Remuneration
Pay
Tax
Pensions

Time on
Working time
Sunday trading

Time off
Time off during working hours
Annual leave

Sickness, injury and absence
Statutory sick pay
Occupational sick pay
Permanent health insurance
Management of sickness

Rights of parents and carers
Maternity rights
Adoption rights
Paternity rights
Parental leave
Right to request flexible working
Time off to care for dependants
Remedies

Health and safety
Duties
Means of protection
Specific issues
Remedies and enforcement

Equality at work
Discrimination
Equal pay
Enforcement and remedies
Best practice

Data protection and privacy
Data protection
Monitoring and surveillance
Email and internet issues
Right to privacy

Training and performance
Training
Evaluation, guidelines and benchmarking

Discipline and grievance
Discipline
Grievance procedures
Right to be accompanied

Payroll and NIC
PAYE
NIC in relation to employment

Trade unions, collective bargaining and industrial action
Trade unions
Recognition and derecognition
Collective bargaining
Strikes and other industrial action
Individual rights

Information and consultation in the workplace
Domestic information and consultation
European works councils

Lay-off and short-time working
Guarantee payments
Redundancy payments

Transfer of businesses and undertakings
Which transfer are covered?
Effect
Information and consultation obligations

Ending employment
Termination of employment
Unfair dismissal
Redundancy
Employee rights on insolvency

Handling disputes and alternative resolution
Handling potential litigious disputes
Resolving employment disputes

Employment claims
Jurisdiction and time limits
Tribunal claims
Claims in the civil courts

Appendix
Model statement of particulars
Model contract of employment for general staff
Main social benefits