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How to make sure your business’ terms and conditions are fair, and avoid unfair contract terms
Employers' responsibilities for different contract types: full-time, part-time, fixed term, agency workers, consultants, zero hours, family members, volunteers and young workers
As an employer, the tax and employment responsibilities you have for your…
As an employer you must give employees: a written statement of employment…
Fixed-term contracts: last for a certain length of time are set in advance…
As an employer, you can hire temporary staff through agencies. This means:…
If you hire a freelancer, consultant or contractor it means that: they are…
Zero-hours contracts are also known as casual contracts. Zero-hours…
Family If you hire family members you must: avoid special treatment in…
Find out about the long-term effects some people can have after having COVID-19.
Employees' rights at work under fixed-term contracts - and what happens if a contract is renewed or ended
An overview of the work the IPO is undertaking in relation to Standard Essential Patents.
Guidance, trends and projects to inform and support government officials to think strategically about the future.
This sets out the place selection methodology for the extension to Long-Term Plan for Towns.
Section last updated: September 2017.
Find out about applications to protect traditional terms related to wine products in Great Britain.
Employment Appeal Tribunal judgment of Judge Beard on 12 December 2023.
Information on the government’s Long-Term Plan for Towns, which will provide long-term investment in 55 towns to be spent on local people’s priorities such as regenerating local high streets and town centres or securing public safety.
If you have a long-term mental health condition you may be considered disabled under the Equality Act 2010
Rules on consumer and business sales contracts under the Unfair Contract Terms Act and Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations
Find out about cover policy and indicators for countries and territories that are covered by UK Export Finance.
You’re disabled under the Equality Act 2010 if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a 'substantial' and 'long-term' negative effect on your ability to do daily activities
Strengthened 100% council tax premium on long term empty homes comes into force on 1 April, with councils able to spend the money from the next financial year.
A post implementation review (PIR) for EU Directive 2011/77/EU which increased the term for sound recordings from 50 to 70 years.
A contract is an agreement between employee and employer setting out implied and explicit terms and conditions - written statement of particulars, collective agreements
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