Opinion

Time to review employment restrictions

Chrissy Meleady of Early Years Equality calls for nursery employers to stop putting unreasonable restrictions in staff contracts

At Early Years Equality, we know that restrictive covenants are coming more to the fore in national employment debates across the early years sector.

In these days of austerity there are pressures on employers with regard to recruitment and market competition, and in some sections of the sector, restrictive covenants are being deployed as part of contractual arrangements.

We recognise that every early years business (private, voluntary, co-operative or statutory) has information that employers might consider to be both integral and invaluable to their success.

We want to encourage the sector, therefore, to review their positions on restrictive covenants. Employers might put certain terms in employees' contracts, which they consider may provide some level of protection for the employer whilst the employee's employment continues.

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