jobs by employers increasingly imposing restrictive clauses in their
contracts, Nursery World has learned.
The rights-based organisation Early Years Equality (EYE) has been approached by more than 130 nursery workers seeking advice about the issue in the past six months.
The problem is affecting nursery workers across the country employed by private nurseries, many in junior positions.
Some are having clauses written into their contracts preventing them from moving to another setting unless it is more than 25km away.
Chrissy Meleady, chief executive of EYE, which is also working to support employers, said the issue of 'restrictive covenants' (see box, right) in employment contracts was 'coming more to the fore in national employment debates across the early years sector'.
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