We advise on all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment law, from the point of recruitment to eventual termination including:

• All aspects of recruitment, including interview processes, the employer’s obligation to confirm the right to work in the UK, the engagement of self-employed contractors including the drafting of consultancy agreements, the rights of part-time or fixed-term employees, the employment of non-standard employees such as temporary, casual or home-based workers and the national minimum wage;
• Advice to both employees and employers on all aspects of employment contracts, including negotiating and drafting service agreements for senior executives and standard employment contracts for other employees;
• Drafting and enforcing post-termination restrictions, confidentiality obligations and other clauses for employer protection;
• Drafting internal policies and procedures including disciplinary and grievance procedures, data protection policies, family-friendly policies, IT and communications use policies, health and safety policies, equal opportunities policies and anti-bullying and harassment policies;
• Advising HR professionals on day-to-day issues such as the conduct of grievance and disciplinary procedures, holiday entitlement, references, retirement, dealing with long-term or persistent absence and employee rights to time off work;
• Assisting with the employment aspects of restructuring and consequent redundancy issues, including advice on notification, consultation, selection, redeployment, termination and appeals;
• Advice and representation in employment tribunal including claims for unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal, discrimination in all its forms, unlawful deduction from wages, breach of contract and equal pay claims;
• Employment law aspects of transfers of undertakings, including assisting employers in due-diligence exercises and minimising the risk of consequent claims;
• All aspects of termination of employment from junior employees to senior executives, including assisting in negotiations for and the drafting of compromise agreements;
• Assistance to employers in negotiating the complexity of maternity and other family issues; and
• Effect of the Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 2004.