Employment Law
Introduction to employment services
Employment law is ever-changing and new legislation is constantly being introduced.
At Dale & Newbery we can offer a service which ensures you are up to date with all the latest relevant legislation and advise on all aspects of the employer/employee relationship.
We can advise on how not to fall foul of laws such as discrimination (ranging from the more well known sex, race and disability to the newer grounds of age, religion or belief, sexual orientation and/or transgender) and where the legislation applies.
We can assist with on-going issues such as absence levels and how best to manage them.
The average cost of absence cost UK businesses 12.2 billion pounds a year, according to the latest figures published by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). Minor illnesses remain the most important cause of sickness absence, but stress was the biggest cause of long-term absence for non-manual workers and the fourth biggest for manual workers.
We can assist in putting together a comprehensive sickness policy which you will be able to rely on should the need arise and advise of how not to fall foul of any potential disability discrimination laws.
We are currently offering a free half-hour consultation to businesses – to book please call 01784 464491.
We also advise on:
- Drafting Terms and Conditions of Employment, Disciplinary & Grievance Procedures, Consultancy Agreements and Staff Handbooks covering a range of issues including Equal Opportunities policies and Internet/E-mail policies.
- ‘Advice helpline’ a user-friendly resource to HR personnel dealing with day to day employment problems including redundancy, employee sickness absence, capability and misconduct issues. This service is very popular with our clients providing them with access to ‘on the spot’ advice from an employment law solicitor as soon as a potential problem in the workplace arises, in order to avoid the potential for disputes in the future.
- TUPE advice as a service in conjunction with our corporate department when dealing with business and share sales for commercial clients. We can advise whether contracts of employment will transfer to the purchaser following the transfer of a business as a going concern
- We advise on the drafting and enforceability of Restrictive Covenants as well as the protection of intellectual property rights and confidential information
- At termination we advise on how to effectively dismiss an employee to minimise the chance of successful tribunal or court action.
- Drafting Compromise Agreements providing employers with security against potential contractual or statutory claims being brought by former employees.
- We regularly appear in tribunals defending claims such as unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal, unlawful deduction of wages, breach of contract and sex and racial discrimination.
