Employment Law Advice for Business
Whether you employ one, or several hundred employees, we can support your business with expert employment law advice. Our expertise ranges from everyday employment law problems to restructuring, HR advice and the defence of Employment Tribunal Claims. Some of our recent employment law services for employers have included:
- Drafting Settlement Agreements for a Large Charitable Organisation.
- Drafting Handbooks & Policies for a High End Electrical Installer.
- Dealing with Redundancies for a Multi-Academy Trust.
- Dealing with a TUPE transfer for a Major Cleaning Contractor.
- Advising on a Disciplinary Process for an Agricultural Company.
- Advising a Food Manufacturer with day to day employment issues.
- Defending an academy in an employment tribunal, regarding a previous employee’s claim for whistleblowing and unfair dismissal.
Whatever your requirements, we will ensure our advice is tailored to your business and business activities. Our specialist solicitors have more than 20 years experience providing employment law services for every business sector. Advising on the whole range of employment law issues.
Other areas where our employment solicitors can provide support and advice
Drafting Employment Contracts & Policies for Your Workplace
We have worked with many business sectors and therefore are well versed in the complexities of contractors, zero hours contracts and seasonal workers.
We pride ourselves on understanding our clients businesses. We can review your business practices to ensure you have all the policies in place that your business requires so that you are compliant with current legislation, such policies can include stress at work, equal opportunities policies, family friendly rights and Data protection. Appropriate policies that are followed can protect your business from discrimination claims. Most work of this type can be undertaken for a fixed fee agreed in advance so you can stay in control of costs.
Advice for Businesses on Expansion & Restructuring
If you are proposing to purchase an existing business or are tendering your services and need advice on how TUPE applies, or if you are looking at selling your business, we are skilled advisors for all TUPE related matters. We can also advise businesses on recruitment issues and provide advice on wording for recruitment advertising (to ensure it cannot be viewed as discriminatory).
If you need to restructure your business we can be on hand to advise on the correct procedures and ensure in the event of redundancies that selection is based on a fair process and employees receive their statutory or contractual entitlements.
Disciplinary, Sickness Issues and Termination of employment
We advise a number of employers with regard to disciplinary proceedings and dismissals on the grounds of incapability and gross misconduct. If you have an issue with an employee we can advise prior to you taking action to ensure you follow a fair process. We can attend meetings where necessary to minimise the risk of your business having to defend a claim for unfair dismissal and/or discrimination. We can also advise on without prejudice discussions and draft Settlement Agreements.
Representation and support at Ashford Employment Tribunal
We have employment solicitors throughout London, Kent and Sussex, we are therefore well positioned to advise you on employment tribunal claims at Employment Tribunals in Ashford, and in London.
Whatever employment Law services you require speak to our employment solicitors. We provide a free initial call to provide preliminary advice and a fixed fee meeting at a reduced cost to discuss your matter in depth. We look forward to advising and helping you to protect your business.
What our clients say
“I would like to convey my thanks to Baileyfields for their utmost professionalism and integrity given the size of the project. I speak for myself and my team when saying that in terms of a pragmatic and flexible approach, which is much needed in our commercial environment, that dealing with Baileyfields has been a pleasure (rare to say with solicitors !) and would be very happy to use your services again should the need arise” Wight Salads Group