Employment Law: Useful Guides
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Managing employees can be complex, with employers facing a wide range of legal obligations throughout the employment lifecycle. Our employment law guides provide practical, easy-to-understand information on key topics including recruitment, contracts, absence management, discrimination, dismissal and workplace policies.
Browse our guides below for helpful insights and advice. If you need tailored support, our Employment Law team is here to help.
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A Guide To Employment Law For Start-ups
Starting a business can be daunting. There are so many things to keep on top of – accounts, marketing, IT and administration. -
A Guide To Employment Law – What You Need To Know
This guide highlights some of the most important employment law developments and what they mean for your business. -
A Guide To Employment Status
This guide explains the key differences between employment statuses, the rights associated with each, and what organisations should consider when engaging volunteers. -
A Guide To Providing A Reference
This guide sets out the key issues a business should consider before providing a reference for an employee or former employee. -
A Guide To Managing Poor Performances
This guide explains how employers can effectively manage poor performance while minimising legal risks. -
A Guide To Suspending And Dismissing An Employee
Few workplace situations are more challenging than deciding whether to suspend or dismiss an employee.... -
A Guide To Managing Long-Term Sickness Absence
This guide outlines the key considerations when managing long-term sickness absence and provides practical advice for employers. -
A Guide To Dealing With Employee Grievances
This guide outlines the key steps employers should take when managing workplace grievances. -
A Guide To Discrimination, Harassment & Reasonable Adjustments
Creating an inclusive workplace is not only a legal requirement but also an essential part... -
A Guide To Sexual Harassment In The Workplace
Recent changes to employment law have strengthened employers' responsibilities, making it more important than ever to take proactive steps to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace. -
A Guide To Pregnancy & Maternity Rights
This guide outlines the key rights of pregnant employees and new mothers, along with the responsibilities employers must fulfil. -
A Guide To Settlement Agreements
This employment law guide sets out the key issues that a business should consider before entering into a Settlement Agreement with an employee. -
A Guide To Dismissing An Employee – Substantial Other Reasons
This employment law guide highlights some common examples of some other substantial reason (SOSR) in the context of dismissing an employee. -
A Guide To Constructive Dismissal
This employment law guide sets out the key issues a business needs to understand when an employee makes a claim for constructive dismissal. -
A Guide To Employment Tribunal Claims
This guide outlines the key stages of an Employment Tribunal claim from initial notification through to final judgment. -
A Guide To TUPE For Employers
TUPE is designed to ensure that employees are not disadvantaged simply because ownership of a business changes or a service is outsourced, brought back in-house, or awarded to a new contractor. -
A Guide To Redundancy For Employers
Our complete Redundancy Guide equips businesses with the practical steps, legal obligations, and best‑practice processes needed to manage redundancies fairly, transparently, and confidently. -
A Guide To Annual Leave For Casual / Zero Hour Workers
The Working Time Regulations 1998 (WTR) give most workers the right to 5.6 weeks’ paid holiday per leave year. -
A Guide To Employee Share Schemes
This employment law guide explains the benefits of employee share schemes and identifies the different types of schemes that are available. -
A Guide To Salary Sacrifice Arrangements
This employment law guide highlights the various salary sacrifice arrangements that can be used by a business. -
A Guide To Restrictive Covenants For Employers
Restrictive covenants are clauses in employment contracts that limit what an employee can do after their employment ends. -
A Guide To Working Time Regulations
This employment law guide summarises a business’ obligations under the Working Time Regulations. -
A Guide To UK Data Protection Law
Data privacy and protection are of utmost importance in today’s digital world. This guide is designed to help answer this and other data protection related questions. -
A Guide For Employers – Deputies And The Court Of Protection
In this guide we have covered the following key matters that employers should bear in mind , Employment Status, Types of Contracts, Working Time Regulations, Policies and Procedures & TUPE.