Employment
It is vitally important these days to ensure that your employment policies are fully up to date and in order, as the rights and benefits for employees constantly change and the penalties for non-compliance continue to increase.
There is an ever greater onus on the employer to show reasonableness at all stages of the employment process – and we act for many local employers providing practical and common sense legal advice, ensuring they conform to the regulations from advertising for staff to interviews, maintaining disciplinary records and, in the event of disputes, to ensuring that the steps taken to dismiss an employee are followed to the letter. The same degree of attention to detail is required and offered to managing redundancies.
To help businesses assess their current risk in managing their employment obligations and processes we offer an “Employment Law Audit”. An ‘ELA’ involves spending time at your business checking your standard documents and procedures in relation to disciplinary issues, contracts of employment, and so forth. This pre-emptive review is a very cost effective way to save some potentially larger bills at a later date.
In the event of your being notified of a claim by an employee, or if you are in the position of facing one at present we will be happy to guide you through all aspects of the tribunal process and secure a satisfactory outcome.
For more information please contact Ian Pearson
