Employment - (Private Client Services)

We act mainly for employers, usually for small to medium sized businesses, with a view to guiding clients through the issues that regularly present themselves in the workplace.

We approach situations on the basis that it is better to prevent a problem arising than to attempt to manage it afterwards. There are traps for the unwary, and we see it as our role to steer our clients around these.

We can assist with:

• the preparation of contracts of employment (full-time, part-time and temporary), disciplinary and grievance procedures, and additional staff information handbooks
• variation of employment contracts and the implications of proposed changes within the workforce situation
• the conduct of disciplinary proceedings, grievance processes and ‘Whistleblowing’ issues; and the process of termination of employment by dismissal
• the production of letters, selection criteria, appeal notices and general procedural guidance
• Settlement Agreements as between the employer and an outgoing employee
• where we are also acting in the sale or purchase of a business, we can link with our business colleagues handling that transaction in order to assist with the employment aspects and to ensure compliance with the employee transfer regulations (‘TUPE’).