Having appropriate contracts of employment in place for your employees can go a long way in helping manage your business’ risk of claims further down the line.
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What does and does not need to be included in your contracts of employment will be dependent on the nature of your business, but also the role and seniority of the employee.
Our solicitors can provide specific, tailored contracts according to your business needs and ensure that they are properly drafted to protect your business against risk. For example, in certain industries and often with senior employees it will be important for your business to protect against employees working for a direct competitor or poaching clients.
Our solicitors can advise on:
It is also prudent for your business to have proper policies and procedures in place, usually documented in a Staff Handbook. We can advise on whether your existing policies can be amended to afford you better protections, or draft new policies for you. For example, our corporate clients have requested recently that we provide them with tailored Flexible Working Policies in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Other policies and procedures your business should have in place may include:
Having appropriate policies and procedures in place can help reduce management time and legal costs further down the line. Our solicitors can explain the policies most useful to your business and answer any questions you may have on how to apply them across your business.
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Millions of employees now have the right to request flexible working to determine where and when they work. The new rights are part of the Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill, which came into effect on 6 April. Flexible working is a broad term and can relate to working hours or pattern including part-time, term-time, flexi-time,
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