Employment Law

Copyright (c) 2010 Robert Gray

Employment lawyers offer a wide range of guidance covering every single element of the law surrounding employment issues and can provide comprehensive advice and guidance to employers and employees alike. With the problems and topics of employment law being extremely vast and typically extremely complex, how do you know if – and when – you would benefit from the services of an employment lawyer?

Employees.

There are several circumstances where employees may well also benefit from the services of an employment lawyer, and these include :

* Flexible working hours – if, for example, an employee is returning from maternity leave and has had their request to work flexible working hours refused by their employer they may possibly will need advice from an employment lawyer.

* Redundancy – an employee may well want guidance on their rights when redundancy is looming.

* Discrimination and bullying – if an employee feels they are being discriminated against, or bullied, and the matter has not been resolved internally the employee may possibly benefit from the advice of an employment lawyer.

* Accusations – if an employee finds themselves of being accused of something they have not performed in the workplace they may possibly require urgent legal guidance.

* Equal pay – according to the law male and female employees ought to be paid the same amount if they are employed in the identical role. If an employee has reason to believe this is not the case in their workplace they might require to take legal guidance.

* Unfair and constructive dismissal – if an employer feels they have been unfairly, or constructively, dismissed it may well be prudent to take legal guidance as soon as feasible regarding their rights.

Employers.

Employment lawyers can provide guidance and guidance to employers on a wide variety of problems such as :

* Flexible working hours – i.e. where an employer has received a request from an employee to work flexible/reduced hours and wants to check what they are offering in response is lawful.

* Staff handbooks – where they are being written from scratch or are being amended, an employment lawyer can guarantee they are lawful and comply with needed rules and regulations.

* Policies and procedures – if an employer wishes to write a new policy or amend an existing 1 they may well need the assistance of any employment lawyer to make certain the policy is comprehensive and protects both employer and employee.

* Staff contacts – if an employer is drawing up new staff contracts or amending existing contracts they may feel reassured by having the contracts checked by an expertise employment lawyer. Alternatively, the employer can instruct the lawyer to draw up to contracts from scratch.
* Redundancy advice – if it becomes essential to make an employee, or employees, redundant, an employer might require advice as to how to lawfully execute the redundancy.

* Discrimination and bullying – if an employer is faced with a member of staff who is complaining of being discriminated against or being bullied the employer needs to act carefully and correctly and may possibly benefit from guidance from an experienced employment lawyer to make certain the matter is handled correctly.

* TUPE – an employer may possibly want advice from an employment lawyer concerning the issues surrounding ‘Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)’.

* Restructure or reorganisation – advise may well be needed from an employment lawyer where restructure or reorganisation will lead to redundancies or the will need for relocation.

* Data protection problems – advice may possibly want to be sought from an employment lawyer on information protection and confidentiality issues.

* Mediation – where conflict is occurring in the workplace mediation may be required from an employment lawyer to help to resolve the issues.

The area of employment law can throw up a minefield of questions and issues for employers and employees alike and it will frequently be hugely beneficial to employ the services of an employment lawful to get clear cut advice on your rights and responsibilities and stay away from further conflict and complications.