Employment

Company and Commercial

We have many Company and Commercial clients (including most types of business, large and small, and most professions) on whose behalf we advise on the following matters:-

• Health and Safety and Accidents at work.

• Contracts of Employment, plus Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures.

• Dismissal, Redundancy and Race, Sex and Disability discrimination all pose significant risks if not carefully handled.

• Immediate advice on urgent problems within the workplace - it is often important to act properly at the outset if future problems with staff and Employment Tribunals are to be avoided.

• Representation at Employment Tribunals - often it comes as a surprise to employers to learn the factors a tribunal will find relevant and those it will disregard. There is quite a large body of employment law in the Employment Tribunals and although they are supposed to be places where legal representation is unnecessary, the tests they apply can be quite complicated. We have a number of advocates with experience in appearing before Employment Tribunals and retain up to date case law within our offices.

Employees

It is of vital importance for people having trouble at work to know at the earliest opportunity what their rights are. We think you will benefit from taking our advice on your situation at an early stage. It will enable you to deal with things with your eyes open. Often it is better to keep a job by careful handling of an employer, than to claim what may be a relatively small sum in the Employment Tribunal. Alternatively, if your employer is determined to dismiss you, we will be able to advise how to counter some of the tactics likely to be used against you.

We act for employees as well as employers in the Employment Tribunal and our advocates are equally at home acting for a claimant.

If you are offered a new contract of employment, or revised terms and conditions of employment, you can be sure your employer will have considered the matter carefully, and probably taken legal advice. We recommend that you do likewise as important issues about your job and pay may be at stake. To accept without advice, or to reject without good cause, can lead to embarrassment and financial loss.