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
In a newly published report, the Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) say that a period of paid leave 'should be available to all women and partners...
Law360: A healthcare recruitment agency must repay £36,817 to a social worker contracted by the Home Office after deducting employer’s National...
Law360: Addison Lee drivers who rent their vehicles are workers entitled to the national minimum wage when they are logged in and available to work,...
This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) a Court of Appeal ruling dismissing Spain’s state immunity argument in a discrimination...
Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX) has published a report titled ‘I kept waiting and waiting: The realities of asylum seekers’ restricted right to...
Latest Employment Practice Notes
Archived—2024 Case tracker—EmploymentThis case tracker contains a selection of significant employment judgments handed down in 2024. Information...
Case tracker—EmploymentThis Employment case tracker is produced in collaboration with Gowling WLG.This Practice Note tracks what’s new and upcoming...
Declaration of a director's interests—the statutory provisionsA director who is in any way, directly or indirectly, interested in:•a proposed...
Umbrella companies—tax implicationsFORTHCOMING CHANGE: following a call for evidence and consultation by the previous government, it was announced at...
Prudential Regulation Authority—Fundamental RulesBackground to the Fundamental RulesIn June 2014, the PRA published Policy Statement PS5/14, which...
Latest Employment Precedents
Anti-bribery and corruption—agents and intermediaries policy1Introduction1.1We run our business[es] with integrity. All of us must work together to...
Letter—appointment of non-executive director[To be typed on Company headed notepaper, including the company number]Private & Confidential[Enter name...
Letter—appointment of non-executive chair of the board[To be typed on Company headed notepaper, including the company number]Private &...
Letter—Request for flexible working[Insert name and job title of intended recipient][Insert name of employer company][Insert address of recipient at...
Claimant’s disability impact statementIn the employment tribunalsCase no: [Insert case number]Between:[insert name of claimant]Claimantand[insert name...
Latest Employment Q&As
Featured Employment content
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...
Where an employee works compressed hours, ie the same number of hours as a ‘normal’ full-time employee over fewer days, how should the employer calculate holiday entitlement, and how should the employer treat bank holidays if they fall on a day when the ‘compressed hours’ employee does not usually work?
Letter—resignation from directorship
Letter—resignation from directorshipThe [Secretary OR Directors][insert company name][insert company address][Insert date]Dear [[insert name] OR...
Liability of employers for the acts of their employees and others
Liability of employers for the acts of their employees and othersThis Practice Note considers the test for an employer’s vicarious liability in tort,...
Rates of SMP, SSP, Maternity Allowance etc to be increased in April 2022
Employment analysis: According to a Written Statement to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and proposals set out in a...
Payment in lieu of notice (PILON)
Payment in lieu of notice (PILON)The right to notice means a right for the employee to remain in employment for the period of notice, not simply to be...
Unfair dismissal remedies—general
Unfair dismissal remedies—generalstyle="width: 100%">Coronavirus (COVID-19): The Employment Rights Act 1996 (Coronavirus, Calculation of a Week’s Pay)...
Application—postponement or adjournment of hearing
Application—postponement or adjournment of hearing[Insert date][Insert] Employment Tribunal[Insert address]To the [insert] Employment Tribunal[Insert...
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...
Definition of redundancy
Definition of redundancyThis Practice Note examines the two different statutory definitions of 'redundancy'.The first is found in the Employment...
Sick pay
Sick payThis Practice Note considers contractual sick pay (sometimes known as occupational sick pay) and entitlement to statutory sick pay (SSP) under...
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...
Definition of dismissal in unfair dismissal
Definition of dismissal in unfair dismissalTo succeed in a claim of unfair dismissal, the claimant must establish that they were dismissed by the...
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...
Letter—from employer to employee regarding hybrid working arrangements
Letter—from employer to employee regarding hybrid working arrangements[To be typed on headed notepaper of employer][Date]Dear [insert name of...
What happens to pension contributions when an employee is on Statutory Sick Pay?
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...
Does an employee who has taken unpaid leave accrue holiday entitlement during that period; and do periods of unpaid leave or long-term sickness absence affect the amount of holiday pay an employee should receive?
Associated legal terms
Disciplinary action
Formal action against an employee.
Public holiday
A public holiday that is normally given to employees on certain days in the calendar year.
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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