Employment

When running a business, you will probably need legal advice at some time in connection with an employment issue. It is often better to seek advice as soon as you anticipate a problem; prevention is often better than the cure. Employment law changes frequently and often incorporates changes as a result of European Community legislation.

Advice and assistance includes: -
  • Recruitment
  • Employment Tribunals
  • Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures
  • Unfair Dismissal
  • Redundancy
  • Compromise Agreements
  • Equal pay
  • Employment policies and handbooks
  • Drafting and reviewing contracts of employment
  • Family friendly rights
  • Handling disciplinary matters fairly
  • Discrimination
  • Company takeovers and their effect on the employment relationship
  • TUPE The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations
  • Advice on the implementation of disciplinary, grievance and performance management policies
  • The reviewing and drafting of policies and procedures e.g. Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures
 
Apart from assisting your business in connection with specific problems, we also offer: -
  • Employment Service Evaluation. This consists of: -
    • A fixed fee assessment of your business' current contractual documentation
    • A fixed fee report on what documentation your business requires coupled with a standard set of terms and conditions of employment
    • Suggested improvements to your business' current terms and conditions of employment

  • Employment Retainer Service. This consists of: -
    • A service at a fixed monthly cost
    • E-mail, telephone, written, online and face-to-face advice and assistance