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 guide covers (among other things) eligibility criteria, the information the employee must provide, calculating how much neonatal care leave and...
Lidl Great Britain Limited (Lidl) has signed a legal agreement (known as a section 23 agreement) with the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)...
Corporate Crime analysis: In the first instalment of this three-part series on the new corporate criminal offence of failing to prevent fraud, Aziz...
This week’s edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) research from Law360 into the gender pay gap in bonuses and partner pay, (2) an EAT...
Law360: Opaque bonus processes and a tendency for women to specialise in lower-earning practices are hampering progress by law firms as they seek to...
Latest Employment Practice Notes
Written statements of employment particularsFORTHCOMING CHANGE: When it comes to information that must be given to workers on commencing employment, a...
Industrial action—guidance for employeesIndustrial action is integral to the collective bargaining process. It can be initiated by employers (in the...
Religion or beliefThis Practice Note examines the definitions of ‘religion’ and ‘belief’ for the purposes of having the protected characteristic of...
The UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR)FORTHCOMING CHANGE: On 19 June 2025, the Data (Use and Access) Bill received Royal Assent, becoming...
How to complete a data protection impact assessment—DPIAA data protection impact assessment (DPIA) does what the name suggests—it’s a way of assessing...
Latest Employment Precedents
Case management directionsStandard case management directions1The Claimant to provide the Respondent with a schedule of loss by 4:00pm on [insert...
Employment warranties—share purchase agreement—pro-buyer—short-form1Definitions1.1[Insert the following additional definitions into the definitions...
Terms and conditions for introduction of candidates for vacancies by an employment agencyTerms and Conditions1The Recruitment Services1.1The Agency...
Terms and conditions for supply of temporary staff by an employment businessTerms and Conditions1The Recruitment Services1.1The Agency sources and...
Prohibited conduct: sample questions—disability discriminationPart AStatement of facts1I suffer from diabetes and chronic depression. I am severely...
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
Capability dismissal
A term used to describe an employee's dismissal on grounds of capability.
Compensatory award
An award of compensation made by an Employment Tribunal.
Direct discrimination
The concept whereby a person treats another person less favourably on the grounds of one of the protected characteristics under discrimination law, for example, race, sex, or a disability.
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