Employment
Behind every successful business are good people. Employees are often an organisation’s largest overhead as well as its greatest asset, so it is critical that businesses attract the right staff, employ them on suitable terms and appropriately handle any exits.
Few areas of law develop as fast as employment law. Whether it is changes to grievance and dismissal procedures or additions to the categories of worker protected by anti-discrimination legislation, the pace of change can be difficult to manage and keep up with. A failure to keep up with these legislative changes and adapt your contracts and policies can leave an employer open to legal claims in the Employment Tribunal and High Court. Well drafted contractual documentation and accurate, efficient legal advice can benefit business, increase profits and limit legal exposure.
Our Employment Group guides employers through complex legal issues and day-to-day HR problems, keeping them aware of all the relevant legislative changes, providing training and ensuring that they remain as protected from risk as possible.
Our expertise covers issues such as:
- Practical commercial day-to-day HR advice
- Director's service agreements and contracts of employment
- Staff handbooks
- Employment Tribunal and High Court litigation
- Restrictive covenants, confidential information and database and data protection
- Business acquisitions and disposals including TUPE
- Dismissals, including redundancy and restructuring
- Discrimination
- Directors' duties and liabilities
- Occupational health and injury claims
- Tax, pensions and benefits advice
- Trade Unions, collective agreements and staff consultation committees.
For further information about our services or to discuss a particular situation, please contact Joanna Blackburn on +44 (0)20 7440 7162 or by email.
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