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 Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published policy statement PS25/23: Tackling non‑financial misconduct in financial services—Guidance in the...
Statistics relating to the employment tribunals for the quarter July to September 2025 have been published by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ)....
Law360, London: An Italian national can't revive his claim that his former employer discriminated against him based on his nationality, after an...
This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) a Supreme Court decision on vicarious liability of the Crown in relation to the actions of...
Law360, Expert analysis: The recent explosion in artificial intelligence (AI) adoption in the workplace has led to the creation of whole new...
Latest Employment Practice Notes
Responding to a claim in the employment tribunalThis Practice Note explains the requirements for responding to an employment tribunal claim (ie...
Submission of a claim to the employment tribunalThis Practice Note deals with what form a claim to the employment tribunal (ET) should take, and the...
Types of salary sacrificeFORTHCOMING CHANGE: On 26 November 2025, as part of Budget 2025, it was announced that from April 2029, only the first £2,000...
Artificial intelligence (AI) resource kitThis resource kit contains a list of the key practical guidance available across Lexis+® UK that deals with...
Share incentives glossary A–ZThe Share Incentives glossary pulls together key definitions of share incentives terms and provides links to relevant...
Latest Employment Precedents
Settlement agreement additional clauses-share plans1Details of AwardsAs at the Termination Date, you hold awards granted to you relating to the shares...
Agreement—apprenticeship agreement (Scotland)apprenticeship agreement dated [insert date]Parties1[Name of Employer] [of [insert address] OR a company...
Executive service agreement (Scotland)This Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[Name of company], a company incorporated in [Scotland] with registered...
Employment contract basic version (Scotland)Contract of employment dated [insert date]Parties1[Name of Employer] [of [insert address] OR a company...
Employment contract basic versionContract of employment dated [insert date]Parties1[Name of Employer] [of [insert address] OR a company incorporated...
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
Employment tribunal
The principal forum for the hearing of employment related complaints between an employee and employer.
National minimum wage
The national minimum wage that an employer is required to pay its employees.
Race discrimination
The concept that it is unlawful for an individual to discriminate against another on the grounds of his race.
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