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 Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has named 518 companies for not paying national minimum wage to over 60,000 workers. Defaulting employers...
Law360, London: A London appeals judge has dismissed an insurance claims adjustor's case that his employer's policy on mask-wearing during the...
Immigration analysis: The Immigration White Paper ‘Restoring control over the immigration system’ outlines proposals to dramatically reduce the use of...
The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has published its review of Professionals in IT and Engineering. The review, commissioned by the Home Secretary...
The Bar Standards Board (BSB) announced on 27 May 2025 that it will not proceed with plans to introduce a new core duty requiring barristers to 'act...
Latest Employment Practice Notes
The unfair dismissal compensatory awardAn award of compensation for unfair dismissal generally consists of a basic award and a compensatory award. The...
Implementing a global corporate whistleblowing policy: data protection issuesThis Practice Note provides an introduction to the data protection...
Calculators on Lexis®+ UK EmploymentThis Practice Note explains and summarises the suite of calculators designed by Lexis®+ UK Employment to assist...
Asset purchases—employment warranties, disclosure and indemnitiesWhere the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE...
Employment—new starter guideThis Practice Note provides an overview of, and links to, the key materials available in Lexis+® UK to assist those...
Latest Employment Precedents
Policy—records retention (employment)1Introduction1.1This policy sets out how long employment-related information will normally be held by us and when...
Service Occupancy—EnglandDate [date]Parties1[name of Employer] [of OR incorporated in England and Wales with company registration number [number]...
Claimant’s schedule of loss—unfair dismissalIn the employment tribunalsCase no: [Insert case number]Between:[insert name of...
Letter—TUPE (8) from transferee to transferring employees[To be typed on headed notepaper of transferee][Date]Dear [name of employee][[As you know,...
Policy—bring your own device (BYOD)This material considers the UK GDPR regime, and legislative links are to Assimilated Regulation (EU) 2016/679, UK...
Latest Employment Q&As
Featured Employment content
Rates of SMP, SSP, Maternity Allowance etc to be increased in April 2024
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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
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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
Grievance
Where an employee raises a complaint in relation to his/her employment.
Parental leave
A parent's statutory right to take unpaid leave for the purpose of caring for a child.
Primary earnings threshold
earnings below which no NICs are payable by either employee or employer
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