Employment

The Employment Department advises on all aspects of the employment relationship, including the rights, obligations and remedies available to both employers and employees.
The range of matters the Department can offer advice on include:

  • The employment contract and associated policies/procedures
  • Restrictive covenants
  • Implied duties of the employer and employee
  • Recruitment and selection
  • Health and safety at work
  • Employment status
  • Human resources
  • Discrimination on the grounds of race/sex/disability and other special situations
  • Maternity and other family friendly rights
  • Variation and breach of the employment contract
  • Unfair dismissal
  • Wrongful dismissal
  • Stress at work
  • Redundancy
  • Executive severance and mutual termination
  • Unlawful deductions
  • Transfer of undertakings
  • Alternative dispute resolution
  • Developments in employment law which includes our no cost, ad hoc Employment
  • All Court and Employment Tribunal proceedings
  • Appeals