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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
The Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) has launched a new inquiry to examine the issues surrounding gendered Islamophobia in the UK. The inquiry,...
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has concluded its consultation on the Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1993 (CARs). The...
Statutory Neonatal Care Leave and Pay is set to be introduced from 6 April 2025. This new entitlement will apply to babies born on or after 6 April...
The government has announced a number of changes to ‘reduce apprenticeship bureaucracy’:...
Law360: Employers can no longer depend on the potential upset caused by employees who express controversial beliefs as a reason to discipline them...
Latest Employment Practice Notes
Employment Rights Bill—trackerThis Practice Note provides a summary of the provisions of the Employment Rights Bill 2024 (ERB) and tracks the progress...
Brexit legislation trackerThis Practice Note tracks the progress of UK legislation introduced as part of the legislative project associated with the...
Judicial College Guidelines (JCG or JC Guidelines)In assessing a claim for general damages, the practitioner should start by considering the Judicial...
Settlement, withdrawal, dismissal of claims and consent orders in the employment tribunalSTOP PRESS: The Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024, SI...
Illegal workers—civil and criminal sanctionsA system of civil and criminal penalties for employers who hire illegal workers exists for employment...
Latest Employment Precedents
Declaration of a director’s interests in an existing transaction or arrangement—general noticeThe Directors[Insert name of company][(Company)][Insert...
ET3 Response to claim for statutory redundancy payment[Insert in para 6.1 of response form ET3:]1It is [accepted OR not accepted OR denied] that the...
ET1 Claim for statutory redundancy payment[Insert in para 8.2 of claim form ET1]1The Claimant was employed by the Respondent as a [insert job title,...
ET3 Response to unfair dismissal claim-contravention of statute[Insert in para 6.1 of response form ET3:]1It is [accepted OR not accepted OR denied]...
Letter—TUPE (9) from employee objecting to transfer[Strictly private and confidential][Address][Date]Dear [enter name(s) of relevant individual(s) at...
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
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.
Office holders
A person who is engaged by the employer as an office holder, for example a Director of a Board.
Parental leave
A parent's statutory right to take unpaid leave for the purpose of caring for a child.
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