Section 153 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 amends the Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA 1996) by inserting a new s 27A banning the use
of exclusivity clauses and for the first time giving a statutory definition of a zero hours contract.
The only significant change for those working under a zero hours contract is the ban on the use
of exclusivity clauses.
Director general of the Institute of Directors (IoD), Simon Walker, came out in support of Vince Cable's move to ban the use
of exclusivity clause but allow businesses to continue to use zero - hours contracts.
I also get that it's significantly worse when one is stuck with a single merchant because
of an exclusivity clause.
Many authors are surprised about Amazon's enforcement
of the exclusivity clause in the agreement which prohibits your book being sold on other online sites like Smashwords, Nook or iTunes for 90 days.
Under s 27 (3), the lack
of an exclusivity clause can be ignored by the employment tribunal when considering the issue of mutuality.
Not exact matches
Exclusivity clause This protects you by asking the landlord to agree to not place a competing business in his center, or, if it's a large mall, within so many feet
of your business.
The Business Secretary is bringing forward plans to outlaw these «
exclusivity clauses», although he has said that the broader idea
of zero - hours contracts can be «perfectly sensible» for some workers.
http://ghanapoliticsonline.com That agreement is said to have contained certain
exclusivity clauses that tied the hands
of the NPP from contracting a similar project to different companies.
Tenney has been a vocal opponent
of the agreements struck by the state, local governments and the Oneida Indian Nation that created
exclusivity clauses in exchange for the settlement
of long - standing land claims as well as revenue sharing agreements.
However, an estimated 125,000 zero - hours workers will benefit from the
exclusivity clause ban as they can now look for additional work without fear
of losing their current employment, the Business Department said.
KDP Select alienates readers who choose something other than Kindle because
of Amazon's
exclusivity clause.
To date, Kobo has never instigated a lawsuit, but has been in court over a number
of issues, including the
exclusivity clause in the contract with Borders when it filed for bankruptcy.
At the end
of January, my
exclusivity clause runs out the clock and I'll expand to all other platforms so expect more download options and links for whatever your tablet or e-reader
of choice is.
Part
of my real issue with the service is the
exclusivity clause.
From the
exclusivity clause you quoted in your post: «During this period
of exclusivity, you can not sell or distribute, or give anyone else the right to sell or distribute, your Digital Book -LSB-...]» Seems to say you can't sell it yourself.
However, you may publish a paperback edition
of your book with CreateSpace, for example; the
exclusivity clause only pertains to electronic versions
of your book.
Until it's fixed and the
exclusivity clause is lifted, you can expect to find the majority
of my books available to purchase at Amazon, iBooks, Nook, Kobo and Play, but not in KU.
His biggest criticism
of the program is the
exclusivity clause preventing authors from publishing elsewhere for 90 days.
Low royalties, minimal promotion, expecting me to tour extensively out
of my own pocket,
exclusivity clauses, long waits for royalty payments, preventing me from marketing, promo and excerpting MY OWN WORK, tieing up rights for years... I want nothing to do with any
of that.
At the Society
of Authors» site in the UK, you'll see «The Tide is Turning,» an update on that nation's controversy over author compensation and
exclusivity clauses on author appearances.
I thought she was one
of the few big sellers who Amazon waived the
exclusivity clause for.
Kobo prides itself on employing the industry standard ePub as part
of their «read freely» philosophy, and so Kobo Writing Life seeks to help authors liberate their titles from proprietary eBook formats and restrictive
exclusivity clauses and get their work out to a global audience.
Rather than dilute the test by publishing on a variety
of platforms, we opted to go with KDP alone, so the
exclusivity clause didn't bother us.
You'll want to include details like: the broker's name; who's requesting the broker's services; whether the broker will be finding goods or services; whether the broker will be making introductions, or be involved in the details
of the transaction; whether the broker has the licenses and certifications required by the intended industry; the duration
of the agreement; any
exclusivity or non-circumvention
clauses; whether payment depends on the transaction's success; and how the broker's fee will be determined and paid.
Despite all the publicity surrounding the use
of such contracts, banning
exclusivity clauses does little to improve the rights
of those individuals working under them.
Although accurate statistics are not available for the numbers working under zero hours contracts, the Chartered Institute
of Personnel and Development feels that in reality less than 30 %
of employers actually used
exclusivity clauses.
The Court
of Appeal upheld the trial judge that the proposed lease to the video store chain violated the
exclusivity clause in the lease granted to the plaintiff.