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
Employment analysis: We are already seeing AI being harnessed as a powerful tool in litigation, arming litigants in person with a ‘highly...
The government has confirmed the Low Pay Commission (LPC) recommendations for the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW) rates to...
HM Treasury (HMT) has published a November 2025 revision of the ‘Guidance on Public Sector Exit Payments: Use of Special Severance Payments’,...
HM Treasury (HMT) has published a November 2025 revision of the ‘Guidance for the approval of senior pay: Senior pay controls process’, replacing the...
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) announced on 27 November 2025 that after a series of 'constructive conversations' between trade unions and...
Latest Employment Practice Notes
Legislation tracker—EmploymentThis Practice Note enables you to keep track of what's new, and upcoming changes in employment law. It tracks what...
Employment-related loans—definedSpecific rules in the benefits code in ITEPA 2003, Part 3 apply to 'employment-related loans' and, in certain...
International outsourcingThis Practice Note considers issues arising in multi-jurisdictional outsourcing arrangements, including offshore and...
Consultation tracker—EmploymentThe Employment consultation tracker tool displays the current status and most recent developments in relation to...
Employment horizon scanner—dates for your diaryThis Practice Note scans the horizon for what to expect in employment law, ie what’s new and upcoming...
Latest Employment Precedents
Outsourcing agreement—short formThis Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[Customer] a company incorporated in [England] with registered number [company...
Outsourcing agreement—long formThis Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[Customer] a company incorporated in [England] with registered number [company...
ET1 grounds of claim—direct sex discrimination, sexual harassment, victimisation and constructive dismissal[Insert in para 8.2 of claim form ET1:]1The...
Disclosure in employment tribunal proceedings—client guideThis Precedent provides general information about disclosure in employment tribunal...
Giving evidence in the employment tribunal—client guideThis Precedent provides general information about giving evidence in employment tribunal...
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
Basic award
An award of compensation made by an Employment Tribunal.
Employee
Persons satisfying case law tests for employee status qualify for the broadest scope of employment protections. Statutory definitions of employee vary. The Employment Rights Act 1996 defines employee as an individual who has entered into or works under (or, where the employment has ceased, worked under) a contract of employment.
Equal pay for equal work
The concept that a female or male worker is entitled to equal pay for equal work when compared with the opposite sex.
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