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.
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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 High Pay Centre, in collaboration with academic experts, has published a comprehensive ‘Charter for Fair Pay’ outlining policy reforms aimed at...
Law360: Workers would get six months rather than three to bring any employment tribunal claims under a proposed amendment to the Employment Rights...
In a speech on 28 November 2024, Prime Minister Keir Starmer addressed the state of immigration in the UK, further to the release of revised estimates...
The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has initiated a Call for Evidence seeking stakeholder input on the current arrangements for bringing discrimination...
The Home Office and Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) have announced various measures to combat visa abuse and worker exploitation....
Latest Employment Practice Notes
Right to work checks: when and whyThis Practice Note looks at why employers need to carry out ‘right to work’ checks and when such checks should be...
Neonatal care leave and payThis Practice Note considers the position in relation to statutory neonatal care leave and statutory neonatal care pay...
Dealing with stress and mental ill health in the workplaceThis Practice Note examines issues that may arise where an employee is experiencing...
Medical reports—data protection issues and AMRA 1988This Practice Note sets outs the issues an employer will need to consider when seeking medical...
Managing conductAll employers want to get the best out of their employees. Managing how they behave in the workplace is a crucial element of this....
Latest Employment Precedents
Claimant’s disability impact statementIn the employment tribunalsCase no: [Insert case number]Between:[insert name of claimant]Claimantand[insert name...
Policy—quiet room1Introduction1.1This document sets out the purpose of the Company’s quiet room. This policy is for guidance only and does not form...
Sexual harassment risk assessmentThis Precedent is a template sexual harassment risk assessment that can be used by an employer to document the sexual...
ET3 grounds for resisting claim—direct sex discrimination, sexual harassment and constructive dismissal[Insert in para 6.1 of response form ET3]1Many...
Anti-bribery and corruption—agents and intermediaries policy1Introduction1.1We run our business[es] with integrity. All of us must work together to...
Latest Employment Q&As
Featured Employment content
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...
Where an employee works compressed hours, ie the same number of hours as a ‘normal’ full-time employee over fewer days, how should the employer calculate holiday entitlement, and how should the employer treat bank holidays if they fall on a day when the ‘compressed hours’ employee does not usually work?
Letter—resignation from directorship
Letter—resignation from directorshipThe [Secretary OR Directors][insert company name][insert company address][Insert date]Dear [[insert name] OR...
Liability of employers for the acts of their employees and others
Liability of employers for the acts of their employees and othersThis Practice Note considers the test for an employer’s vicarious liability in tort,...
Rates of SMP, SSP, Maternity Allowance etc to be increased in April 2022
Employment analysis: According to a Written Statement to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and proposals set out in a...
Payment in lieu of notice (PILON)
Payment in lieu of notice (PILON)The right to notice means a right for the employee to remain in employment for the period of notice, not simply to be...
Unfair dismissal remedies—general
Unfair dismissal remedies—generalstyle="width: 100%">Coronavirus (COVID-19): The Employment Rights Act 1996 (Coronavirus, Calculation of a Week’s Pay)...
Application—postponement or adjournment of hearing
Application—postponement or adjournment of hearing[Insert date][Insert] Employment Tribunal[Insert address]To the [insert] Employment Tribunal[Insert...
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...
Definition of redundancy
Definition of redundancyThis Practice Note examines the two different statutory definitions of 'redundancy'.The first is found in the Employment...
Sick pay
Sick payThis Practice Note considers contractual sick pay (sometimes known as occupational sick pay) and entitlement to statutory sick pay (SSP) under...
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...
Definition of dismissal in unfair dismissal
Definition of dismissal in unfair dismissalTo succeed in a claim of unfair dismissal, the claimant must establish that they were dismissed by the...
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...
Letter—from employer to employee regarding hybrid working arrangements
Letter—from employer to employee regarding hybrid working arrangements[To be typed on headed notepaper of employer][Date]Dear [insert name of...
What happens to pension contributions when an employee is on Statutory Sick Pay?
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...
Does an employee who has taken unpaid leave accrue holiday entitlement during that period; and do periods of unpaid leave or long-term sickness absence affect the amount of holiday pay an employee should receive?
Associated legal terms
Casual worker
An individual who is hired by an employer as and when the employer requires him to do work.
Marriage and civil partnership discrimination
The concept that a person cannot discriminate against another person on the ground that he or she is married or is a civil partner.
Public holiday
A public holiday that is normally given to employees on certain days in the calendar year.
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