HR Articles

In Paturel v DB Services (UK) Ltd the High Court held that an employer's decision to award one employee a discretionary bonus and two others a larger guaranteed bonus did not breach the employee's express contractual term to be treated consistently with peers nor did it breach any implied term to act in good faith and in a manner that was not perverse or irrational. The employee also claimed that the employer's subsequent failure to provide accurate reasons for the sums awarded was a breach of trust and confidence.

There's been plenty of bad press about zero hours contracts in recent years. In October we blogged about guidance published by BIS on how zero hours contracts should be used. The guidance recommended that these contracts should make clear to the individual how work will be offered and that they are not obliged to accept work on every occasion.

Back in May, we reported that the provisions in the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 that make exclusivity clauses in zero-hours contracts unenforceable had come into force.