Employment Law advice
Keeping on the right side of employment law
Employees are critical to the success of any organisation. It makes sense to protect them, and plenty of regulation has been passed to ensure that everyone is treated well at work. But employment law is often complex and regularly updated. Keeping up to date can feel like a never-ending task. That’s where our expert partners come in.
- Reducing the risk of claims
From recruitment to termination and everything in-between, highly qualified consultants can assist with all of your employment law needs. - Preparing for tribunal
They provide assistance with all documentation leading up to a tribunal and can prepare tribunal documentation up to and including representation at Employment Tribunal. - Managing tribunal costs
Not only are tribunals time-consuming, they can also be expensive. Their service can be supported by an Employment Practices Liability Insurance Policy to enable your business to manage the cost.
How our partner's can help
Our partners Employment Law team are qualified consultants. They will remain on hand to support you, providing hands-on and commercially viable advice and assistance, either face-to-face or by phone and email. They will help you navigate legislation and put in place procedures to protect you, your employees, and your business.
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Human Resources and Employment Law Service
HR & Employment Law: External Management Service
A consultant can act as a client’s external human resources department. They can:
- Prepare Contracts of Employment, Employee handbooks and ensure Job descriptions are kept up to date.
- Provide your business with a named advisor.
- Provide help and assistance in dealing with detailed issues relating to the employment of staff including grievance, disciplinary, absence, TUPE, redundancy and termination.
- Ensure that all contracts, handbooks, advice provided and case files are contained within their online interactive platform Mercury.
- Provide advice in writing.
- Provide 24/7 cover.
- Provide an indemnity for costs and awards arising out of an employment tribunal.
Professional Advice Service
Receive detailed advice to a Business on a specific HR Management or Employment Law issue. The advice will be practical and tailored to a specific issue. The service includes research and investigation into the situation.
Compliance Review and Contract Service
A Compliance Review to ensure the core documents of your business are fully compliant and up to date. They can also:
- Draft and provide Contracts of Employment, tailored to your specific requirements.
- Draft and provide Employee Handbooks tailored to your specific requirements.
- Draft and provide Job Descriptions tailored to your specific requirements.
On-site Consultancy Service
Visit your business to assist with a specific Human Resource Management or Employment Law issue. The consultants always provide a tailored and personal approach to supporting the business and the service can include dealing with issues such as:
- Disciplinary procedures, grievance procedures, redundancy, restructuring of terms and conditions of employment and managing change within the business.
Employment Tribunal Service
Our partners offer a full Employment Tribunal Service. Their service includes negotiations and representation on all types of employment issues including:
- Redundancy Unfair Dismissal Constructive Dismissal TUPE All types of Discrimination including: Disability, Race, Sex and Age etc.
Access a wealth of knowledge
As a client, you will have access to an employment law document library to support you in your decision making process. Our partners can also help by undertaking gap analysis and identifying areas where your team could do with additional support. They provide the service and/or the training to support and upskill your internal team.
Dealing with ACAS Early Conciliation and preparing for tribunals
Our partners can also be on hand to assist where the employment relationship has broken down or there has been an application for ACAS Early Conciliation. The consultants can guide you through the process and conduct negotiations through ACAS to reach a satisfactory conclusion.
Preparing for a tribunal can be time consuming and stressful. They provide assistance with all documentation leading up to a tribunal and, where appropriate, can respond to and prepare tribunal documentation up to and including representation at Employment Tribunal.
Not only are tribunals time-consuming, they can also be expensive. Our partners Employment Law Assistance service can be supported by an Employment Practices Liability Insurance Policy to enable your business to manage the cost of Employment Tribunal compensatory awards and representation costs. This gives the benefit of being able to fix the costs associated with Employment Tribunal claims, whilst also allowing you the flexibility to depart from best practice as and when.
Frequently asked questions
Entitlement to annual leave is calculated in accordance with the Working Time Regulations 1998, which specifies that workers are entitled to a minimum of 5.6 weeks annual leave.
Holiday pay should be based on an employee’s normal remuneration. All types of overtime, including voluntary, must be included when calculating a worker's statutory holiday pay entitlement, apart from overtime that is only worked on a genuinely occasional and infrequent basis. Commission and certain other types of payments should be included.
We can advise and calculate (providing practical examples) the entitlement for your employees or workers and, subject to the appropriate earnings information, the amount of holiday which should be paid.
There are statutory requirements as to what information should be given to an employee in relation to terms of employment. As an employer, you are legally obliged to provide a basic written statement of the main terms and conditions, also known as the particulars of employment, within the first two months of an employee’s start date. That said, many employers tend to include additional clauses to help support the growth of the business and provide necessary clarity and consistency for both parties. It is also important to comply with the minimum statutory requirements in terms of pay, hours of work, annual leave etc.
We would suggest reviewing your employment contracts and handbook every 12 months, to ensure that they remain up to date and in line with the relevant legislation.
We can draft, review and update employee contracts and an employee handbook, tailoring this documentation to meet the needs of the business. We can also provide advice and assistance in relation to contractual changes and how to implement these within your business, helping to reduce the risk of potential claims.