About Employment Law
We know that employment law is a fast-paced world and that staying on top of all the latest legal developments is a time-consuming job – add this to the time you spend carrying out research and tracking down the right precedents and you have really eaten into the precious hours in your working day.
Starting employment
We cover recruitment, employment contracts, policies, handbooks and more. It’s not just contracts though. Other documents may regulate the employment relationship, such as policies, procedures and collective agreements.
Managing the employment relationship
Sickness and absence is a common occurrence in an employment relationship that brings up multiple legal issues. We offer a range of resources with practical guidance and legal considerations.
TUPE, outsourcing, share. and asset purchases
TUPE 2006 will likely apply when acquiring businesses through an asset purchase. You’ll need to consider due diligence, consultation obligations, employees and liabilities transferred to the buyer.
Stay on top of changes
We know that employment law is a fast-paced world and that staying on top of all the latest legal developments is a time-consuming job – add this to the time you spend carrying out research and tracking down the right precedents and you have really eaten
Topics We Cover
Latest Employment News
The government has published its response to the consultation, which ran between 18 March and 10 June 2025, seeking views on proposals to introduce...
This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) further commencement regulations under the Employment Rights Act 2025 (ERA 2025), bringing...
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has updated three guidances:...
Mark Lewis, HMCTS Service Manager for Employment Tribunals has passed on the following message: ‘Please be aware that all Employment Tribunal online...
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has introduced the UK Stewardship Code 2026, setting out updated principles for effective stewardship and higher...
Latest Employment Practice Notes
This Practice Note sets out the position of an employee when the company they are employed by enters a formal insolvency process, such as compulsory...
This Practice Note enables you to keep track of what's new, and upcoming changes in employment law. It tracks what employment legislation is coming...
This Practice Note provides an introduction to:•why companies have employee ownership models•the main types of share ownership models, and•issues to...
This Practice Note tracks the progress of UK legislation introduced as part of the legislative project associated with the UK’s withdrawal from the...
STOP PRESS: The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Commencement No 6 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2026, SI 2026/82 bring into...
Latest Employment Precedents
[To be typed on headed notepaper of employer][Date]Dear [insert name of employee],Re: [insert name of employer] (the Company)I refer to our meeting on...
[To be typed on employer’s headed notepaper][Enter name and address of employee][Enter date]by handDear [enter name]Termination of employmentFurther...
This Agreement is made on [insert date or leave date blank] Parties1[Insert Employer’s name] whose registered office is at [insert Employer’s...
This Agreement is made on [insert date]Parties1[Insert Employer’s name] whose registered office is at [insert Employer’s address], company...
1Introduction1.1The Company recognises that during periods of severe weather or when there are disruptions to public transport, staff may face...
Latest Employment Q&As
Featured Employment content
Rates of SMP, SSP, Maternity Allowance etc to be increased in April 2024
The government has published proposed new benefit and pension rates for 2024 to 2025 including in respect of Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP), Statutory...
ET1 grounds of claim—indirect sex discrimination
ET1 grounds of claim—indirect sex discrimination[Insert in para 8.2 of claim form ET1:]1The Claimant is a woman and the Respondent is [enter details,...
Waiver of notice
Waiver of noticeEmployers and employees can waive their right to be given notice when their employment relationship comes to an end.Waiving...
Constructive dismissal
Constructive dismissaldismissal of an employee by their employer will typically be at the instigation of the employer. In other words, the employer...
The duty of fidelity and fiduciary duties
The duty of fidelity and fiduciary dutiesAll employees are under a duty of fidelity to their employer. The duty of fidelity is also known as the duty...
TUPE—transfer of employees
TUPE—transfer of employeesThis Practice Note examines which employees transfer to the transferee under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of...
The early conciliation requirement
The early conciliation requirementstyle="width: 100%">Coronavirus (COVID-19): All proceedings in employment tribunals in England, Wales and...
The term of trust and confidence
The term of trust and confidenceThis Practice Note analyses the term or duty of mutual trust and confidence (in a fiduciary sense) implied or imposed...
Employment contract basic version
Employment contract basic versionContract of employment dated [insert date]Parties1[Name of Employer] [of [insert address] OR a company incorporated...
Garden leave and the right to work
Garden leave and the right to workIn broad terms, putting an employee on 'garden leave' means the employer sending the employee home on full pay...
Letter—secondment letter (employer—employee)
Letter—secondment letter (employer—employee)[to be typed on employer letterhead][Name of Employee][Address][Date]Dear [insert name of...
Pre-employment checks
Pre-employment checksFORTHCOMING CHANGE: Under section 193 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (PCSCA 2022) the time it takes for...
The unfair dismissal compensatory award
The unfair dismissal compensatory awardAn award of compensation for unfair dismissal generally consists of a basic award and a compensatory award. The...
Reinstatement
ReinstatementReinstatement is one of the orders that may be made by a tribunal under section 112 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA 1996)...
Disclosure in employment tribunal proceedings
Disclosure in employment tribunal proceedingsDocuments of one kind or another will form a significant part of the evidence in many employment tribunal...
What should a collective grievance process look like?
Seventeenth edition of the Judicial College Guidelines published
The 17th edition of the Judicial College Guidelines (JCG) has been published two years after the 16th edition. The JCG is usually the starting point...
Letter—long-term sickness absence (6): to employee confirming dismissal on notice (following final written warning)
Letter—long-term sickness absence (6): to employee confirming dismissal on notice (following final written warning)[To be typed on headed notepaper of...
Associated legal terms
Public holiday
A public holiday that is normally given to employees on certain days in the calendar year.
Reference
A letter from a former employer to a prospective employer which provides information about an employee's employment with the former employee.
Whistleblowing
Workers are protected against retaliatory dismissal or detrimental treatment where they make a 'protected disclosure' to the employer or to some other prescribed person. It must be a disclosure of information which the worker reasonably believes is made in the public interest and tends to show certain types of wrongdoing.
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