Employment Law (for Employers)

Employment Law (for Employers)

 It’s difficult being the Sheriff…employment law is a complex, constantly evolving area of law and employees’ rights. With new and regular changes to legislation being implemented twice yearly, it is increasingly difficult for an employer to be aware of all such obligations and duties. We remove the pressure from the employer allowing them to focus upon the core areas of their own business.

We have highly specialised expertise in all areas of Employment law with an in-house Employment Tribunal advocate who has represented employers in hundreds of Tribunal hearings and cases nationally.

Making time to take early advice on compliance issues can help employers handle or even avoid employment related issues. We offer bespoke and standard fixed fee packages for the drafting of contracts of employments and all relevant policies and procedures.

Our day-to-day employee relations support and litigation services are unsurpassed within the region. Our academic rigour and robust representation of clients is founded on having a practical and commercial understanding of the needs of the employer. We have an extremely successful record within the Courts, Employment Tribunals and settlement negotiations on behalf of employers.

We advise upon all areas of employment law including:

• Contracts of Employment

• Directors Service Agreement

• Employment Status and Sub-Contracting matters

• Staff Handbooks

• Disciplinary and Grievance procedures

• Equality, Capability, Under-Performance & Managing Sickness Absence Procedures

• Unfair Dismissal

• Restrictive Covenants

• Fiduciary Duties

• Injunctive Relief

• Confidentiality and Intellectual Property matters

• Data Protection matters

• Breach of Contract

• TUPE

• Discrimination and Equality issues

• Equal Pay

• Wages and Holiday Pay

• Minimum Wage Matters

• Redundancy

• Handling Long Term and Repeated Ill Health

• Handling Under Performance and Capability matters

• Trade Union Matters

• Collective Agreements

• Whistleblowing

• Variations to Contracts

• Employment Tribunal proceedings

• High Court and County Court proceedings

• Settlement Agreements

Contact us today on 01428 774756 – we can help.

Our Head of Employment Law is Emily Yeardley.

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At Couchman Hanson Solicitors, we know that legal pricing can be confusing at times and we want you to be 100% clear on our fees. We know it’s important that you’re in control of what you’re spending as well as what you’re getting for your money. So we are open and honest about our pricing and keep you informed before we formally undertake any work on your behalf.

• Initial 30 mins consultation – FREE

• Next stages of work – Fixed Fee advised

• Hourly rate range – £190 to £345 per hour depending on the grade of solicitor / adviser required
  (We will always try to distribute work between advisors to ensure best value for money)

• Pricing exclusive of VAT

We are passionate about helping our clients and offer bespoke pricing packages to help each client access justice at the appropriate level. We put our clients first and focus on providing a professional service whilst ensuring value for money.

We can produce a tailored Costs Budget which sets out fees likely to be incurred if your case goes to Trial or Hearings and will discuss them with you so that you are clear and able to make an informed decision.

Click here for full details on our pricing and service information on Employment Tribunals.

Call us today to discuss how we can help you – 01428 774756.

Our Employment Team