About Employment Law
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
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Latest Employment News
Statistics relating to the employment tribunals for the quarter January to March 2025 have been published by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ)....
The European Parliamentary Research Service releases an ‘at a glance’ document outlining the implementation timeline of the EU AI Act. The EU AI Act...
Parliament passed the Data (Use and Access) Bill (DUA Bill) on 11 June 2025. First introduced in October 2024, this passage concludes a protracted...
Public Law analysis: The Supreme Court held that the terms ‘man’, ‘woman’ and ‘sex’ in the Equality Act 2010 (EqA 2010) refer to biological sex. Its...
This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) an EAT decision reminding employers of the need to consider alternative employment in a...
Latest Employment Practice Notes
Settlement agreement (employment) playbookThis playbook provides guidance for drafting and negotiating a settlement agreement that is being used to...
Coronavirus (COVID-19) employment cases (to June 2025) [Archived]ARCHIVED: This archived Practice Note provides a summary of selected employment cases...
Prohibited conduct claims: assessing compensationThis Practice Note examines the assessment of damages in a prohibited conduct claim (eg...
Detriment or dismissal on grounds of pregnancy, childbirth or maternity leaveEmployees are protected against dismissal and from suffering a detriment...
Medical reports—data protection issues and AMRA 1988This Practice Note sets outs the issues an employer will need to consider when seeking medical...
Latest Employment Precedents
Letter—to employer client enclosing data protection privacy notice (employment)[Insert name and address of client]Private and confidentialDear [insert...
Data protection privacy notice (secondment—employer to employee)[Insert name of organisation]Data protection privacy notice (secondment)As you know,...
Letter—long-term sickness absence (6): to employee confirming dismissal on notice (following final written warning)[To be typed on headed notepaper of...
Letter—Redundancy (5B) notice of provisional non-selection for redundancy (collective consultation)[To be typed on headed notepaper of...
Policy—information security1Introduction1.1The Company is committed to the highest standards of information security and treats confidentiality and...
Latest Employment Q&As
Featured Employment content
Rates of SMP, SSP, Maternity Allowance etc to be increased in April 2024
The government has published proposed new benefit and pension rates for 2024 to 2025 including in respect of Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP), Statutory...
ET1 grounds of claim—indirect sex discrimination
ET1 grounds of claim—indirect sex discrimination[Insert in para 8.2 of claim form ET1:]1The Claimant is a woman and the Respondent is [enter details,...
Waiver of notice
Waiver of noticeEmployers and employees can waive their right to be given notice when their employment relationship comes to an end.Waiving...
Constructive dismissal
Constructive dismissaldismissal of an employee by their employer will typically be at the instigation of the employer. In other words, the employer...
The duty of fidelity and fiduciary duties
The duty of fidelity and fiduciary dutiesAll employees are under a duty of fidelity to their employer. The duty of fidelity is also known as the duty...
TUPE—transfer of employees
TUPE—transfer of employeesThis Practice Note examines which employees transfer to the transferee under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of...
The early conciliation requirement
The early conciliation requirementstyle="width: 100%">Coronavirus (COVID-19): All proceedings in employment tribunals in England, Wales and...
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...
Employment contract basic version
Employment contract basic versionContract of employment dated [insert date]Parties1[Name of Employer] [of [insert address] OR a company incorporated...
Garden leave and the right to work
Garden leave and the right to workIn broad terms, putting an employee on 'garden leave' means the employer sending the employee home on full pay...
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...
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...
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...
Reinstatement
ReinstatementReinstatement is one of the orders that may be made by a tribunal under section 112 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA 1996)...
Disclosure in employment tribunal proceedings
Disclosure in employment tribunal proceedingsDocuments of one kind or another will form a significant part of the evidence in many employment tribunal...
What should a collective grievance process look like?
Seventeenth edition of the Judicial College Guidelines published
The 17th edition of the Judicial College Guidelines (JCG) has been published two years after the 16th edition. The JCG is usually the starting point...
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...
Associated legal terms
Payment In Lieu Of Notice
Payment In Lieu Of Notice (‘PILON’) clauses give the employer the express right to make a payment instead of giving notice, allowing the employee’s immediate termination and removal from the workplace. In the absence of a contractual PILON, employees may remain in employment for the notice period and be paid for it, and attempted summary dismissal will be ineffective unless the employee accepts that repudiation.
Protected characteristics
The term used to describe the nine statutory forms of discrimination that are protected by employment discrimination legislation: Race; Sex; Disability; Religion or belief; Sexual Orientation; Age; Marriage and Civil Partnership; Gender Re-Assignment; Pregnancy and Maternity.
Trade union
The name given to an organisation that represents the employment rights of a group of employees in a particular industry or company.
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