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
This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) Regulations relating to the abolition of statutory sick pay waiting periods and the removal...
The Parker Review Committee has published its 2026 report on improving ethnic diversity in UK businesses, based on data collected for the period...
Pensions analysis: The House of Lords considered the National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill at Report stage on 5...
Immigration analysis: On 6 March 2026, the Home Office issued new versions of each of the three principal Worker and Temporary Worker Sponsor Guidance...
Law360, London: A group of workers suing Dyson over alleged forced labour when they made components at Malaysian factories have settled their claim...
Latest Employment Practice Notes
The White Paper ‘Restoring control over the immigration system’ was published on 12 May 2025, and sets out a large number of significant changes to...
This Practice Note considers an employee’s right to return to work after adoption leave under sections 75A and 75B of the Employment Rights Act 1996...
This Practice Note addresses frequently asked questions about the interaction between the right to paid annual leave and:•maternity leave, or•other...
This Practice Note sets out how an application for costs should be made, the grounds for costs orders and what costs may be ordered, including an...
FORTHCOMING CHANGE: Under the Paternity Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (currently in draft) and the Statutory Paternity Pay (Amendment)...
Latest Employment Precedents
1Introduction...
[Insert name of employee][Insert address of employee][Insert date]Dear [Insert name of employee]I am writing to you about your flexible working...
1Policy statement1.1The Company is committed to achieving gender equality in our business and implementing interventions that will drive progress...
[Insert name of employee][Insert address of employee][Insert date]Dear [insert employee’s name]I am writing to you about your flexible working request...
[Insert name of employee][Insert address of employee][Insert date]Dear [insert employee’s name]I am writing to you about your flexible working request...
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
Breach of contract
When a party to a formal agreement (contract) breaks a condition (term) of that contract.
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.
Unfair dismissal
The concept that an employer has not dismissed the employee for a potentially fair reason or under a fair procedure and as such the dismissal was unfair.
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