Employment
The areas of work in this field on which we advise fall into two main groups, those primarily requiring drafting and those likely to involve disputes or grievances and the means of resolving them, including representation in Employment Tribunals or Court proceedings and mediation.
The first includes
Directors’ service agreements and contracts of employment
Bonus and commission schemes
Employee handbooks, disciplinary and grievance procedures
Compromise agreements
Restrictive covenants
Employee transfers on business sales or purchases
Employee transfers on outsourcing or changes of contractor
Collective consultation
Consultancy agreements
The second includes
Termination of employment and unfair dismissal claims
Redundancies, both individual and collective
Equal pay and discrimination on grounds of sex
Race, disability, age and sexual orientation discrimination
Contractual disputes over pay, bonuses, commission
Maternity and paternity rights
Part time working
Industrial action
For a monthly charge we offer a telephone helpline service to employers which includes assistance with the drafting of letters and other documents.