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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

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To what extent are UK courts and tribunals bound by domestic and EU case law on Brussels I (recast) decided before/after IP completion day? If not bound, in what circumstances may they still have regard to it?
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What is the position on the interpretation of EU case law relating to EU Directives post IP completion day? In cases concerning retained EU-derived domestic legislation which implements an EU Directive, are UK courts and tribunals bound or permitted to have regard to EU case law on that Directive even though the Directive itself is not retained?
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An employee who is not currently registered with Social Work England (SWE) has been dismissed and a referral to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is being made, due to safeguarding concerns. The employer is concerned that the former employee may try to register with SWE in order to work with vulnerable children in the future, without disclosing the safeguarding concerns relating to them, and without SWE carrying out the relevant DBS checks. If the employer informs SWE voluntarily about the outcome of the disciplinary proceedings against the employee, would this amount to a breach of data protection law?
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Does the small claims court have jurisdiction to determine whether an individual is an employee of a party?
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Where two parties dispute who is the employer of a seconded employee, how may the dispute be resolved and what issues will be relevant?
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Associated legal terms

Breach of contract

When a party to a formal agreement (contract) breaks a condition (term) of that contract.

Resignation

Where an employee has given notice to the employer to terminate the employment relationship.

Trade union

The name given to an organisation that represents the employment rights of a group of employees in a particular industry or company.
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