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: On 4 June 2026, following a Remote Participation Review launched in July 2024 at the request of the Lady Chief Justice, the...
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has launched a consultation seeking views on employment rights for unpaid carers and parents of seriously...
The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) has published advice for employers on managing workplace arrangements during the 2026 World...
The Courts and Tribunals Judiciary has published the outcome of the Remote Participation Review, with a suite of new guidance on remote participation...
The Department for Transport (DfT) has launched a consultation on proposals for new regulations under the Seafarers' (Wages and Working Conditions)...
Latest Employment Practice Notes
This Practice Note provides a summary of the provisions of the Employment Rights Act 2025 (ERA 2025), which received Royal Assent on 18 December 2025...
This Practice Note discusses the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA)’s rules on remuneration paid by banks, building societies and systemically...
The PRA’s Fundamental RulesThe Fundamental Rules form part of the PRA Rulebook and are high-level rules, which collectively set out the Prudential...
STOP PRESS: On 4 June 2026, following a Remote Participation Review launched in July 2024 at the request of the Lady Chief Justice, the Courts and...
This Practice Note considers the nature and scope of interim ‘springboard’ injunctions, used to prevent a wrongdoer from obtaining an unfair...
Latest Employment Precedents
Forthcoming changes: In measures expected to come into force on 1 October 2026, time limits for making certain claims in employment tribunals in Great...
Private & confidential[Insert name and address of expert][Insert date]Dear [insert name of expert][Insert case heading, eg Ms R Jones v Supermarkets...
STOP PRESS: On 4 June 2026, following a Remote Participation Review launched in July 2024 at the request of the Lady Chief Justice, the Courts and...
In the [insert Region] employment tribunalCase no: [Insert case number]Between:[INSERT NAME OF CLAIMANT]Claimantand[INSERT NAME OF...
STOP PRESS: On 4 June 2026, following a Remote Participation Review launched in July 2024 at the request of the Lady Chief Justice, the Courts and...
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
Reference
A letter from a former employer to a prospective employer which provides information about an employee's employment with the former employee.
Transfer of undertaking
The transfer of a business from one undertaking to another.
Zero Hours
A zero hours contract is a contract of employment or other worker’s contract under which the worker’s undertaking to do work is conditional on the employer making work available, and there is no certainty that any such work will be made available to the worker.
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