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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.
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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
Topics We Cover
Latest Employment News
Corporate Crime analysis: Following a wait of nearly 12 months since the failure to prevent fraud (FTPF) offence was enacted, the government has now...
The Courts and Tribunal Judiciary (CTJ) has published the minutes of the Employment Tribunals (England and Wales) National User Group meeting held on...
Research from the Social Mobility Foundation shows that workers in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations from working-class...
The Bar Council (BC) has published its response to the Bar Standards Board's (BSB) proposed amendments to equality rules for barristers' conduct...
The Right Honourable Sir Keith Lindblom, Senior President of Tribunals, has published his 2024 annual report, highlighting a busy year for the...
Latest Employment Practice Notes
Assimilated lawIntroductionThe body of domestic law derived originally from EU obligations and established by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018...
Sunsetting retained EU law—essentialsRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (REUL(RR)A...
Brexit legislation trackerThis Practice Note tracks the progress of UK legislation introduced as part of the legislative project associated with the...
Brexit timelineOn 23 June 2016, the UK held a referendum on its membership of the EU, with a majority voting in favour of the UK leaving the EU. On 29...
Brexit—introduction to the Withdrawal AgreementThe UK’s formal withdrawal from the EU took effect at 11 pm on 31 January 2020 (exit day). At this...
Latest Employment Precedents
Response to data subject request—all rights—requesting identity information or confirming authority[Name of individual making request][Address of...
Retained EU law—training materials [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Precedent has been archived and is not maintained.These training materials consist of...
Letter—Redundancy (1) informing employees in selection pool of risk of redundancy (individual consultation)[To be typed on headed notepaper of...
Anti-bribery and corruption—agents and intermediaries policy1Introduction1.1We run our business[es] with integrity. All of us must work together to...
Policy—records retention (employment)FORTHCOMING CHANGE: The ICO has published draft guidance on keeping employment records, which is out for...
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
Absence without leave
The concept whereby an employee takes a period of absence without the employer's permission or authorisation.
Indirect discrimination
The concept whereby an employer applies a provision, condition or practice which disadvantages a particular group of people on grounds of one of their protected characteristics such as age or disability.
Restrictive covenant in employment contract
A clause in a contract which places certain restrictions on the business activities of an employee for a period of time after his employment with the employer.
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