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
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Our Employment Experts
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Latest Employment News
The European Commission has opened a call for evidence for an impact assessment on its proposed Quality Jobs Act. Announced in the 2025 State of the...
The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (DBIST) has published guidance for employers on the use of zero-hours contracts. The...
The Home Office has published version 08/26 of Workers and Temporary Workers: guidance for sponsors, Part 1: Apply for a licence, valid from 28 August...
This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) analysis by Liz Hunter and Roberta Imperial of Mishcon de Reya of the benefit-in-kind tax...
Immigration analysis: In this analysis, Liz Hunter and Roberta Imperial of Mishcon de Reya consider the risks facing employers of sponsored workers....
Latest Employment Practice Notes
This Practice Note provides an introduction to umbrella companies and sets out the main tax consequences associated with the use of umbrella...
The Bribery Act 2010 (BA 2010) was passed to ensure the UK’s compliance with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD)...
THIS PRACTICE NOTE APPLIES TO OCCUPATIONAL AND PERSONAL PENSION SCHEMESThe nature of an outsourcingOutsourcing involves an organisation entering into...
THIS PRACTICE NOTE APPLIES TO OCCUPATIONAL AND PERSONAL PENSION SCHEMESAutomatic statutory transfer of terms and conditions of employmentIn a private...
This Practice Note describes the ways in which a claimant in Scotland can enforce an unpaid financial or monetary award (ie unpaid compensation award)...
Latest Employment Precedents
1Introduction1.1We run our business[es] with integrity. All of us must work together to ensure our business[es] remain[s] untainted by bribery and...
This Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[Name of company], a company incorporated in England with registered number [insert company number] whose...
1Introduction1.1Fraud is a major issue affecting individuals and businesses in every country and in every sector.1.2Fraud can be incredibly damaging....
This Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[Name of company], a company incorporated in England with registered number [number] whose registered office...
[insert date]Dear [insert name]Nominations have now closed for the election of employee representatives. There will now be a ballot in order to elect...
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
Disability
The term used for a person who has a disability in accordance with section 6(1) of the Equality Act 2010.
Early Conciliation
Before an application may be presented to an employment tribunal to institute many types of proceedings, the early conciliation requirement obliges the prospective claimant to provide to Acas prescribed information about that matter, including whether or not he or she wishes to enter into conciliatory discussions with the prospective respondent.
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.
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