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Employment Law Service
for Employers

Q. Do you find employment law a minefield?
Q. Do your employees have a contract of employment?
Q. Are you open to discrimination claims?

We offer a specialist comprehensive employment law service that is tailored to your requirements. The service provided is efficient and cost-effective dealing with everyday employment issues and assisting with employee disputes. Whether you are a small business or a larger corporation, we can offer you a practical solution that is right for you.

We can carry out a review of your current policies/procedures and provide you with a clear, easy to understand plan that will help you achieve good practice in this area of law. By doing so, your staff will feel more secure and you will help to avoid unnecessary employee claims. If you don't know where to start we can help you to understand the correct procedure to follow to ensure that you make the necessary steps to safeguard yourself and your company.

Our Service includes:
An initial review of your current employment law practice:

  • Drafting and review of contracts of employment, policies & advice on contract terms:
    • Employee Handbooks
    • Service Agreements
    • Consultancy Agreements
    • Casual Workers Contracts
    • Disciplinary, Dismissal and Grievance procedures
    • Retirement Policies
    • Equal Opportunities Policies
    • Fixed Term/Part-Time status and contracts
    • Recruitment Documents - Recruitment Pack
  • Changing terms and conditions of employment
  • Redundancy
  • Unfair dismissal and constructive dismissal
  • Wrongful dismissal
  • Breach of contract
  • Dealing with frequent, short-term & long-term sickness absence & stress claims
  • Stress claims - Stress Pack
  • Managing poor performance
  • Dealing with misconduct
  • Takeovers and transfers of undertakings (how to inform and consult employees) - TUPE pack
  • Discrimination – sex, race, disability, religion, age, sexual orientation & part-time workers
  • Agency workers
  • Equal Pay & unlawful deductions from pay
  • Bonus issues
  • Advice on workers status & Construction Industry Scheme
  • Hiring and firing senior employees
  • Maternity, paternity, adoption and parental leave obligations
  • Time off for dependants
  • Responding to a request for flexible working
  • Working Time issues
  • Health & Safety and corporate manslaughter laws
  • Restrictive covenants and confidentiality
  • References
  • Data Protection issues
  • Drafting Compromise Agreements
  • Employment Tribunal practice and procedure

Click here to contact our employment specialist

 

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