Employment

Here you'll find information for employers.

OUT-LAW Guides (UK law)

• Directors' service contracts (menu of articles)
• Directors' pensions (menu of articles)
• Directors' remuneration issues (menu of articles) 
• An introduction to pension schemes
  A discussion of the various types of pension scheme, e.g. personal, group, stakeholder, that are available.
  • Personal accounts pension schemes: what employers need to know
    A statutory obligation for employers to contribute to a pension scheme is expected to apply in the UK from April 2012.
• Checklist on Teleworkers for Employers
  A discussion of the potential pitfalls in the areas of employment law, facilities, health and safety, intellectual property and taxation.
• Contracts of Employment – The Rules
  By carefully preparing a contract of employment for each employee, disputes and ambiguity as to the incidents of the employment relationship can be minimised.
• Cyberslackers – all in a day's work?
  Internet and email abuse can leave employers exposed to a variety of 'cyberliability' claims. How do you manage the risks?
• Data protection and monitoring at work
  A discussion of the Information Commissioner's Employment Practices Data Protection Code which covers, e.g. when monitoring is allowed, covert monitoring and the legal implications.
• Disciplining an employee
  All employers need to know how to discipline their employees fairly. Mishandling disciplinary issues gives rise to a huge number of employment tribunal claims every year.
• An introduction to monitoring employees
• The laws relating to monitoring employees
  This article covers the monitoring of employees by intercepting email, telephone and internet use, the use of CCTV and in-vehicle tracker systems.
• Equal Opportunities Policies
  How to ensure compliance with the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003.
• When is a contractor not a contractor?
  Not everyone who works is an "employee". It is essential that contractors (and anyone hiring contractors or consultants) understand the distinction so that their legal rights and obligations are clear.
• Internet and email policies
  If employees have no rules or guidelines to follow, each will form his or her own view as to what is and what is not permissible in email and internet practice.
• Staff and their personal blogs
• Issues for Employers
  This guide sets out some of the contractual issues which have to be considered by a UK business in relation to its use of personnel whether employees or contractors.
• Key employment issues around home working
  How employers can benefit from home-working whilst avoiding some of the pitfalls. A discussion of the issues they should consider when drafting new terms and conditions of employment.
• Mediation: how it can help to resolve employment disputes
  The 2004 Dispute Resolution Regulations were introduced, in part, to get parties to speak to each other before they headed for their nearest employment tribunal.
• Monitoring your employees' emails – legally
  Employees need to know how to monitor lawfully, if they breach data protection legislation, any evidence they gather may be inadmissible, defeating the point of collecting it.
• Offshore outsourcing – what happens to the employees?
  The position in the UK, EU and US with regards to offshore outsourcing and the affects on the employees left behind.
• Basic guide to TUPE
  The purpose of TUPE is to protect employees if the business in which they are employed changes hands. Here we discuss a significant and often tricky piece of legislation.
• References: How to write them
  Basic rules for giving a reference, what to write and the risks if you get it wrong are all discussed in this guide.
• Restrictive covenants in employment contracts
  A look at the types of restrictive covenants, garden leave and breach of a restrictive covenants.
• Staff and their personal blogs
  Blogging in spare time can raise an employment issue.
• Snow chaos and employment law
  This guide explains what employers need to know about the impact of bad weather conditions.

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Contact one of our lawyers

With more than 50 employment lawyers across the country, we have one of the biggest teams around. Speak to one of our contacts.

Jonathan Coley
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email Jonathan
+44 (0) 121 335 2910

Ben Doherty
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email Ben
+44 (0) 141 249 5420

Useful links

Warning: The links below are to legislation, some of which may be out of date. Some Acts may have been amended many times, but when you follow the link to HMSO's website you will not see the end result of all these amendments. So be careful before relying on what you read.

• Employment Act 2002
• Employment Rights Act 1996
• Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 (and Schedule to the Regulations)
• Health and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2002
• Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992