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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

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Flexible working

When an employer operates a flexible working arrangement with its employees such as job share; part time work; seasonal work; home working; term time working.

Gender pay gap

Gender pay gap legislation requires most employers with 250 or more employees to publish data annually that outlines differences between what their male and female employees, taken as a whole across all jobs, are paid. Unlike equal pay protection, this does not involve comparing men and women doing equal work.

Whistleblower

A whistleblower is an individual, usually an employee or worker, who raises concerns about suspected wrongdoing, risk or unlawful conduct in a workplace or organisational context. In legal practice, the term is used broadly, but specific protections apply only where statutory conditions are met.

In England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, the Employment Rights Act 1996 (as amended by the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998) protects “workers” who make “protected disclosures” about specified types of malpractice (for example, criminal offences, breaches of legal obligations, health and safety dangers, environmental damage or cover‑ups). The term “whistleblower” itself is descriptive rather than a defined statutory term.

In Ireland, the Protected Disclosures Acts 2014–2022 provide a comprehensive framework for “workers” making “protected disclosures” in the public interest, again without formally defining “whistleblower”.

Key legal issues include qualifying as a protected disclosure, use of internal vs regulatory or external reporting channels, protection from dismissal or detriment, confidentiality, vicarious liability and remedies (including interim relief in some cases). The concept and typical usage are broadly consistent across the UK and Ireland, although the scope of protection, procedures and prescribed persons differ by jurisdiction.
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