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
This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) rejection of the House of Lords amendments to the ERB by the House of Commons, (2)...
The Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health has published a study led by researchers at University College London (UCL) examining the effects of...
Employment analysis: An employment tribunal was entitled to find that state immunity under the State Immunity Act 1978 (SIA 1978) did not apply to...
Law360: Nine out of ten employers expect the government to ditch tax breaks on pension salary-sacrifice arrangements when it unveils its autumn...
On 15 September, the House of Commons overturned the amendments made by the House of Lords to the Employment Rights Bill (ERB) during the Third...
Latest Employment Practice Notes
Written statement of reasons for dismissalA dismissed employee has the right under section 92 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA 1996) to ask for...
Mediation in employment—introductionMediation is a form of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) that is frequently used in the employment context to...
Implementing a business reorganisation—employment issuesA number of employment law issues arise when a business wants to implement a reorganisation....
Liability of employers and employees under the Equality Act 2010This Practice Note considers who is liable under the Equality Act 2010 (EqA 2010), and...
Retained EU law and assimilated lawThis Practice Note provides an overview of retained EU law as it applied from 2021–23, including the key...
Latest Employment Precedents
Prohibited conduct: sample questions—sex discriminationPart AStatement of facts1I commenced employment with the company on [insert date]. I was...
Grievance procedure1Purpose and scope of the procedure1.1Grievances are concerns, problems or complaints that employees raise with their employers....
Letter—employer exercising summary termination right under service agreement[To be typed on employer’s headed notepaper][Enter name and address of...
Employment contract for senior employee (Scotland)This Agreement is made on [insert date]Parties1[NAME OF COMPANY], a company incorporated in...
Letter—agreement with intern (unpaid)Dear [name of intern]Internship agreementThis letter confirms your unpaid internship with [company name] (‘the...
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
Apprentice
A person who is engaged by someone to be taught a trade or skill.
Contracting out (Employment)
The term used whereby an employee agrees to contract out of his/her statutory employment law rights by signing a compromise agreement.
Protected characteristics
The term used to describe the nine statutory forms of discrimination that are protected by employment discrimination legislation: Race; Sex; Disability; Religion or belief; Sexual Orientation; Age; Marriage and Civil Partnership; Gender Re-Assignment; Pregnancy and Maternity.
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