Recent Employment Law matters

• Disputes: Acting for a recruitment consultancy in successfully defeating a tribunal claim brought by a disgruntled employee, on the grounds of material procedural irregularity.
• Employment Contracts: Drafting standard template employment contracts for a UK national advisory body to provide to its members.
• Employee Share Options: Advising a leading UK based IT company on the implementation of an employee share option scheme in order to comply with the Enterprise Management Initiative regulations.
• Redundancies: Advising a number of employees on recent redundancies, including negotiating improved settlement terms and the tax treatment of settlement sums. Advising a number of employers on implementing redundancies across their workforce.
• Staff Handbook: Revising out-of-date employment terms and drafting a new staff handbook for a leading UK software and website developer.