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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 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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Latest Employment News
The European Commission has adopted the Fair Labour Mobility Package, comprising five legislative proposals: (1) a Regulation establishing a European...
The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST) has published its response to a consultation seeking views on improving access to...
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched a consultation on proposals to introduce a Multiple Default Consolidator system for deferred...
The Home Office has published a revised draft of the Employer’s guide to right to work checks, dated 11 September 2026, which replaces the draft...
The Welsh Government is consulting on the proposed Apprenticeships Specification Cymru (ASC), which would establish requirements for approved Welsh...
Latest Employment Practice Notes
This Practice Note explains the income tax provisions that apply to onshore employment intermediaries. For details of the practical considerations,...
This Practice Note scans the horizon for what to expect in employment law, ie what’s new and upcoming changes in employment law. It provides a summary...
This Practice Note contains a number of tables setting out the statutory limits on compensation (with the appropriate calculation) for all types of...
The Employment consultation tracker tool displays the current status and most recent developments in relation to consultations, calls for evidence and...
STOP PRESS: Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 and Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 as regards the...
Latest Employment Precedents
DefinitionsIn this questionnaire, the following words and phrases have the meaning set out opposite them.[CA 2006•the Companies Act...
Definitions[CA 2006•means the Companies Act 2006;][Company•means [insert name of target company] Limited incorporated in England and Wales under...
Reasons for believing employee may not have had equality of terms[I believe I have not had equal terms with my comparators because I am employed as a...
Date:[insert date]Individual’s name:[insert name]Individual’s date of birth:[insert date of birth]Individual’s address:[insert address]Employer...
From: [name of employer] [of OR whose registered office is at] [insert address] company registration number [insert number] (the ‘Employer’)To: [name...
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
Harassment
The concept whereby an employee suffers from the conduct of, or an act by, an employer or another person which is in the form of harassment.
TUPE consultation
A term used to describe the employer's statutory obligation to enter into information and consultation with its employees in a transfer of undertaking situation.
Whistleblower
A whistleblower is an individual, usually an employee or worker, who raises concerns about suspected wrongdoing, risk or unlawful conduct in a workplace or organisational context. In legal practice, the term is used broadly, but specific protections apply only where statutory conditions are met.
In England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, the Employment Rights Act 1996 (as amended by the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998) protects “workers” who make “protected disclosures” about specified types of malpractice (for example, criminal offences, breaches of legal obligations, health and safety dangers, environmental damage or cover‑ups). The term “whistleblower” itself is descriptive rather than a defined statutory term.
In Ireland, the Protected Disclosures Acts 2014–2022 provide a comprehensive framework for “workers” making “protected disclosures” in the public interest, again without formally defining “whistleblower”.
Key legal issues include qualifying as a protected disclosure, use of internal vs regulatory or external reporting channels, protection from dismissal or detriment, confidentiality, vicarious liability and remedies (including interim relief in some cases). The concept and typical usage are broadly consistent across the UK and Ireland, although the scope of protection, procedures and prescribed persons differ by jurisdiction.
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