Employment Law

With the vast changes to employment legislation that have been experienced in the last decade it is now more important than ever for employers to be up to speed with the current legislation such as requirements for statutory minimum disciplinary procedures, age discrimination, sex discrimination and parental rights. The consequences for a business of getting one of these wrong can be disastrous both in terms of costs and management time spent at a Tribunal.

Many of these problems are avoidable simply by having up to date employment contracts, policies and procedures in place; or just by taking a few minutes to discuss the problem face to face or over the telephone with a solicitor specialising in employment law.

The employment team has considerable experience advising both employers and employees from many sectors on day to day employment issues such as:

• employee, disciplinary and grievance procedures;
• unfair dismissal, constructive dismissal
• redundancy;
• discrimination at work - including sex, race, disability, and age discrimination
• bullying, harassment and stress;
• equal pay;
• payments on the termination of employment;
• compromise agreements; link to separate compromise agreements page
• service contracts and terms and conditions of employment;
• the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (TUPE);
• employment related policies and staff handbooks;
• dealing with claims in the employment tribunal;
• recruitment procedures (in particular regarding new legislation).

For further advice please telephone our employment team on: 01843 592361