From the EC to P45

Employment law is increasingly complex and it can be a highly sensitive area for employers and employees alike. We are able to offer practical no nonsense advice on either side and help with the resolution of disputes.

Employees

We can advise you in the following areas:

• the terms of your contract and your right to a written statement of terms
• termination of employment, unfair dismissal and redundancy
• rights to holiday pay, sick pay and maternity rights
• disciplinary hearings, grievances and appeals
• sex, race and disability discrimination claims

Employers

We can advise you in the following areas; the form and content of Contracts of Employment, Statements of Terms and Conditions and Conditions for employees, Service Agreements for directors, confidentiality clauses, restrictive covenants and their enforceability, variations of Contracts of Employment, re-organisation of the workforce, Trade Union relations, redundancy including dealing with the Department of Employment, Sex, Race and Disability Discrimination claims, severance packages on termination of employment.

Recently a number of EC Directives have led to new legislation. Here are just a few examples of areas where there have been recent changes.

• New regulations limiting working hours and setting minimum hourly pay rates
• The rights of part-time workers to redundancy and unfair dismissal payments
• Equal pay and pensions 
• Sex discrimination and the termination of a woman's employment on the grounds of her pregnancy
• The effects of the transfer of a business on Contracts of Employment and the new owner's liabilities

If proceedings are issued in an Employment Tribunal or Court we can conduct the proceedings or negotiate a settlement. We are also experienced in dealing with ACAS.

Contact :

Reading:
Robert Cherry

Wokingham:
Robert Cherry

Wallingford:
Robert Cherry