UK Employment Law

This new site is a first-line information resource designed to assist busy employers who, like you, are trying to find their way through the minefield of current UK employment law.

As the site develops we will be able to point you towards straightforward practical answers to the sorts of questions which increasingly take your time, attention, and resources away from the important business of managing your business.

Above all, this site is intended to save you money, by helping you reduce the risk you carry simply as a result of employing people.

For instance, in the UK, we are presently seeing an annual increase in Employment Tribunal numbers of over 34% year on year, with record levels being set for awards.
For instance, everyone remembers the Gypsy campsite warden who was paid over £212,000 for stress - so do your staff.
And, by the way, that was far from being the highest award of recent years.
There has already been at one £2million-pound award with another expected any time now.

Employers, whatever their size or the nature of their business, who might never have been taken to Tribunal in the past, must expect to be called to answer for their actions sooner or later. However strong your case, you will most likely only win if you can satisfy the Tribunal that you acted in accordance with statute, case law, guidelines and procedure, and that your relationship with your employee had properly regulated through an appropriate and current contract of employment.

Given that no area of UK law is developing as fast as employment, how do you stay on top of these changes?

These are the sorts of issues we'll be discussing over the next few pages.

However, if you can't find what you're looking for, please do not hesitate to contact us on 020 7226 3353 for a free, no obligation consultation or review of your contracts of employment.

If after speaking to us you feel that there is the possibility that work needs to be done to protect your business, we can put you in touch with exactly the right people to help, since we are in daily contact with an extensive nationwide network of top-flight employment lawyers, personnel advisers, and industrial relations practitioners, who will be pleased to discuss your requirements in much greater detail, and suggest appropriate solutions for your consideration, again without charge or obligation.

This referral service is provided free for employers only by grahamsanders.com.

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Every year an increasing number of tribunals are being brought against employers.

The costs of making the wrong decision are escalating, for instance, £50,000 for unfair dismissal, £300,000+ for stress.

New union legislation introduced in June 2000 promises statutory union recognition in the workplace if only a small MINORITY of your workforce requests it.

What is meant by 'reasonable time off to deal with family emergencies' and why could you face an UNLIMITED AWARD if you get it wrong?

Where you have taken over an employee's contract from a previous employer, how safe are you in changing the terms and conditions of their employment, commission structures, etc.