Our Services

We advise on all aspects of employment law. We act for employers, employees, directors, consultants and volunteers, giving us a fully balanced approach to our work. We know all the arguments that apply and the issues that come up on each side of a working relationship!

These are the main areas of work that we cover:

• Recruitment.
• Offer letters.
• Contracts of employment.
• Changes to terms and conditions of employment.
• Policies, procedures and Codes of Practice.
• Staff Handbooks.
• Consultancy agreements.
• Employed v self-employed status.
• Agency workers and temps.
• Employment agencies and employment businesses.
• Performance related pay.
• Bonus and commission arrangements.
• Other benefit and reward packages.
• National minimum wage.
• Job evaluation schemes.
• Appraisal systems.
• Staff relocations.
• Non-payment of salary, commission and bonuses.
• Grievances.
• Disciplinaries.
• Misconduct and gross misconduct issues.
• Performance management.
• Procedural requirements (such as the right to be accompanied).
• Poor timekeeping and other attendance issues.
• Sickness absence management.
• Sick pay entitlements.
• Work-related stress.
• Work-related accidents.
• Occupational Health and Safety.
• Family friendly issues.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Maternity, paternity, parental and adoption rights.
• Dependants’ rights.
• Carers’ rights.
• Equal opportunities and diversity.
• Sex, marital status, transgender and transsexual discrimination.
• Equal pay.
• Part-time worker discrimination.
• Race discrimination.
• Disability discrimination.
• Age discrimination.
• Retirement issues.
• Sexual orientation discrimination.
• Religion or belief discrimination.
• Bullying at work.
• Harassment and victimisation.
• Data protection and privacy.
• Alcohol and drug abuse.
• Working Time compliance.
• Whistleblowing.
• Collective/workplace agreements.
• Trade union rights and industrial action.
• Staff Forums/Councils.
• Redundancies.
• Other dismissals.
• Unfair dismissal claims.
• Constructive dismissals.
• Wrongful dismissal/notice pay claims.
• Contractual disputes.
• Notice and pay in lieu of notice issues.
• Board Room changes.
• Termination packages.
• Compromise agreements.
• Restrictive covenants and their enforceability (including confidentiality and non-compete obligations).
• References.
• The liability of employers for their employees’ acts and omissions.
• Employment Tribunals.
• County Court enforcement of cost awards.
• High Court injunctions.
• Transfers of undertakings and TUPE.
• Outsourcings and insourcings.
• Restructurings.
• Employment law aspects of mergers, acquisitions and disposals.
• Staff training and awareness.

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