Employment Law

As a business you will inevitably be affected by employment issues, regardless of your size, turnover or location.

Eaton Smith's employment team advises employers of all sizes and sectors, offering advice on all aspects of employment law.

We provide support to local, regional, national and international businesses.

The employment team is supported by our highly regarded Business Services Team and delivers high quality client-focussed advice from a commercial point of view.

Eaton Smith can offer an employment risk-management package by preparing employment contracts and handbooks for your business, and offering practical assistance with employment matters such as disciplinary and grievance procedures, absence management and restructuring and redundancies.

We provide telephone advice throughout office hours, in the belief that early guidance can reduce, if not remove problems. We appreciate that businesses often require a fast and effective response on HR issues and urgent problems.

We have particular experience in the following areas:

We deal with:

  • Mediation and tribunal representation
  • Unfair dismissal
  • Redundancy
  • Discrimination / harassment
  • Holiday pay and benefits
  • Wages
  • Contracts of employment / service agreements
  • Termination packages
  • Compromise agreements
  • Restrictive covenants and injunctions
  • TUPE Transfers

frequently asked questions

The following are frequently asked questions regarding employment:

  • I want to dismiss someone but am afraid they might take me to a tribunal for unfair dismissal. What do I do?
  • We are having a tough time at the moment and we need to make some people redundant. Can I just pick any of the employees?
  • Do I need to put together a written contract of employment for my employees?
  • There seems to be a never-ending list of new employment regulations? Can you help me keep up to date?

For answers to these and many other Employment questions, please contact Kate Booth or Andrew Nicklin

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I think I heard a comment from the vendors about 'provincial solicitors' once at the beginning of the matter. I never heard it again. I can sincerely and honestly say, having had some experience of big city solicitors in the past, that I could not conceive how any other firm would have dealt with this in the same expert, expedient and insanely short timescale that you did. This is not flannel – it is a fact and I am humbled by the way you guys responded and looked after my interests and those of my company"

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