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EMPLOYMENT: for Businesses and Professionals

The Employment Unit has considerable experience across all areas of the employment relationship. In particular the Unit offers expertise in TUPE related matters; discrimination issues (including forthcoming issues in relation to the implementation of age discrimination legislation in 2006); senior executive terminations and unfair dismissal. Clients range from local authorities to corporate bodies to education providers. We ensure that we are aware of key emerging issues facing your organisation to enable us to fully appreciate the needs of your business.

The Unit also provides day to day advice for employers in dealing with employment problems as they develop and regularly advises on the drafting of employment contracts, policies, procedures and staff handbooks.

Given the litigation experience of the firm it is well placed to deal with large-scale, multi-party actions.

We provide pragmatic, pro-active advice in a clear and effective manner to employers of all sizes, across the commercial spectrum on issues including:-

• Recruitment issues.
• Drafting contracts of employment, service agreements policies, procedures and staff handbooks.
• Day to day matters – including discipline and grievance procedures and equal opportunities issues.
• TUPE and share transfers.
• Variations to contracts of employment.
• Working time and health and safety issues.
• New provisions in relation to sexual orientation and religious discrimination.
• Unfair dismissals.
• Wrongful dismissals.
• Maternity and paternity rights.
• Redundancy.
• Restrictive covenants.
• Retirement issues and the potential ramification of age discrimination legislation.
• Collective action.

The Unit’s ethos is to provide bespoke advice based on a clients needs, to ensure that they receive a prompt business solution to their legal problems.

The Unit can also offer clients a bespoke training programme to cover the broad ambit of the employment relationship.

Please contact one of the team for further information.