Our Employment Law Services.

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Services for Businesses

Employment law is a constantly evolving area of the law with major developments in relation to hybrid working, coronavirus guidance, the furlough scheme, redundancy as well as health and safety in the workplace. We can help you navigate the complex employment law environment as well as provide day to day outsourced support for your People/HR function. In addition, we act and represent Businesses in Tribunal proceedings in the event of a dispute and claim by an employee when matters become contentious.

Supporting your People Function

  • Bespoke contract development 

  • Employee Privacy Policy development

  • Review of training needs of HR teams - employment law and HR procedure

  • HR updates, onsite/online workshops including equality and diversity

  • Performance management, grievance, disciplinary procedures

  • Flexible working

  • Equality and Discrimination Law

  • HR Governance for Executives and Board members 

  • Implementation of HR procedures and processes

  • Support with grievances, disciplinary processes and long-term sickness absence 

  • Managing the employer and employee relationship

  • Employee Handbook and Policies

  • Redundancy Processes 

  • Covid-19 employment rights

  • Settlement Agreement

  • Restrictive covenants and breaches of confidentiality 

  • HR outsourcing services

Contentious Employment Tribunal Work

  • ACAS Early Conciliation 

  • Guidance throughout the Tribunal Process

  • Representing/Acting for Respondent businesses and employees

  • Advising on merits of ET1 Claim lodged by Claimant

  • Response to a claim via ET3 Response Form

  • Drafting Grounds of Resistance based on instructions

  • Attendance at Preliminary Hearing

  • Case management orders preparation

  • Drafting all applications including strike out

  • Review of witness statements

  • Preparatory work for Preliminary and Final Hearing 

  • Advocacy at Preliminary and Final Hearing

  • Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) preparatory work

  • Filing EAT appeals

  • Responding to appeals

  • EAT Rule 3(10) Hearings - bundle preparation and attendance

Services for Individuals

We support employees in helping you to understand your employment rights and acting for you when disputes arise with your employer. As an SRA regulated firm we are also able to undertake all Claimant work in the event you want to lodge a claim with the Employment Tribunal, advising on the merits of your case, grounds to lodge a claim as well as undertaking advocacy.

Advising Individual Employees

  • Employment Status 

  • Unlawful Deduction of Wages

  • Holiday Pay

  • Advice on grievance, appeal, disciplinary procedures 

  • Unfair dismissal

  • Constructive dismissal

  • Automatic unfair dismissal

  • Equality and Discrimination Law

  • Whistleblowing

  • Equality and Diversity

  • Redundancy

  • Public Interest Disclosure 

  • Health and Safety 

  • Covid-19 compliance with employment rights

  • Settlement Agreements

 

Contentious Employment Tribunal Work

  • ACAS Early Conciliation Process

  • Guidance throughout the Tribunal Process

  • Representing/Acting for Claimant employees

  • Advising on merits of ET1 Claim by Claimant

  • Drafting Particulars of Claim based on Claimant’s instructions

  • Reviewing and advising on Grounds of Resistance lodged by Respondent

  • Case management orders preparation

  • Attendance and advocacy at Preliminary Hearing

  • Review of witness statements of Claimant

  • Review of witness statements of Respondent

  • Preparatory work for Preliminary and Final Hearing 

  • Advocacy at Preliminary and Final Hearing

  • Filing EAT appeals

  • Responding to appeals

  • EAT Rule 3(10) Hearings - bundle preparation and attendance