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
Topics We Cover
Latest Employment News
The Department for Business and Trade has published a number of new factsheets which set out what each policy or framework within the Employment...
Law360, London: Four of the UK's biggest sports production and broadcasting companies were fined more than £4m for colluding on pay rates for...
An eighth addendum has been published to the Presidential Guidance originally issued on 5 September 2017 on Employment Tribunal awards for injury to...
Restructuring & Insolvency analysis: In this appeal, the Court of Appeal was asked whether an intention to avoid incurring a tax liability to HMRC was...
This edition of the Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) the government’s response to the Women and Equalities Committee’s report on miscarriage...
Latest Employment Practice Notes
PSC register—the people with significant control regimeThe framework of the people with significant control (PSC) regime, which originally took effect...
Vicarious liability—case trackerThis tracker considers the case law on vicarious liability. These cases provide useful guidance on how the courts have...
The UK Stewardship CodeSTOP PRESS: In 2024, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) began a review of the UK Stewardship Code. The first phase of the...
The nature of a limited partnership and its legal frameworkSources of limited partnership lawThe main body of law governing a limited partnership...
The UK Corporate Governance CodeCorporate governance is the system of rules, practices and processes that are put in place to manage and control a...
Latest Employment Precedents
Limited partnership agreementThis limited partnership Agreement is made on [insert day and month] 20 [insert year]Parties1[insert name of general...
Deed of adherence—limited partnership agreementThis Deed of adherence is made on [insert day and month] 20[insert year]Parties1[insert name of new...
Consultancy agreement—individual and company—pro-consultantThis Agreement is made on [insert date]Parties1[Name of Company], a company incorporated in...
Application—preliminary hearing[Insert date][Insert] Employment Tribunal[Insert address]To the [insert] Employment Tribunal[Insert name of case, eg X...
Policy—neonatal care leave1Introduction1.1This policy outlines the leave and pay we offer to employees whose babies are born premature or sick, and...
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
Capability
A term used to describe the employee's ability to undertake the work required under the contract.
Crown employees
The term used to describe an employee who is a servant of the crown, such as a civil servant.
Victimisation
The concept whereby an employee is victimised by an employer or the actions of another person in specific circumstances.
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