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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Latest Employment News
The House of Commons Business and Trade Committee has launched an inquiry into artificial intelligence (AI) to examine its opportunities and risks for...
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has reported that Lidl Great Britain Limited (Lidl) implemented several measures to prevent sexual...
Statistics relating to the employment tribunals for the quarter October to December 2025 have been published by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ)....
The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) has published survey findings indicating that many employers are failing to provide...
The UK Supreme Court has published its Judicial Diversity & Inclusion Strategy 2026–30, building on its first strategy issued in 2021. The new...
Latest Employment Practice Notes
In this Practice Note, references to the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) Order are to the National Employment Savings trust Order 2010, SI...
This Practice Note explains the shared parental pay (SPP) regime that applies in relation to the adoption of a child.The legislation underpinning...
This Practice Note analyses the term or duty of mutual trust and confidence (in a fiduciary sense) implied or imposed into every contract of...
This Practice Note is intended for private sector commercial organisations in the UK. It provides practical guidance on how to handle data subject...
Where an employment tribunal upholds an employee's unfair dismissal claim, the following remedies are possible:•an order for reinstatement—ordering...
Latest Employment Precedents
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STOP PRESS: This document is being updated to reflect implementation of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (DUAA 2025) which amends the UK GDPR and...
STOP PRESS: This document is being updated to reflect implementation of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (DUAA 2025) which amends the UK GDPR and...
STOP PRESS: This document is being updated to reflect implementation of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (DUAA 2025) which amends the UK GDPR 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
Compensatory award
An award of compensation made by an Employment Tribunal.
Office holders
A person who is engaged by the employer as an office holder, for example a Director of a Board.
Working time
The Working Time Regulations 1998 (WTR) which provide basic minimum rights to work a reasonable number of hours and have reasonable rest breaks and holidays.
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