Employment Law for Employers

At Ashtons, our expert employment law solicitors for employers can provide specialist legal advice, helping you to navigate all types of employment law issues. Where your employment law matter requires any additional HR advice, we also have experienced HR Consultants on hand to help you.

When approaching your employment law issue, we will always ensure we put your best interests first. Our team will closely consider your needs, allowing us to offer support that is perfectly aligned with your goals.

Our employment law for employers service can provide help and guidance on various matters, including:

• Contracts and policies
• Misconduct and disciplinary procedures
• Capability procedures
• TUPE, redundancy and restructuring
• Recruitment processes
• Employee data and monitoring
• Withdrawing an employment offer
• Disputes, employment tribunal claims and county court claims

Contact our employment law solicitors for employers today

To access employment law advice for employers, please contact our employment law solicitors in Bury St Edmunds, Cambridge, Ipswich, Norwich and Leeds.

When you work with us, we can provide HR consultancy support, as well as legal support, depending on your needs.

Employment law services for businesses

Contracts and policies advice

As part of our employment law for employers service, we can support employers with drafting employment contracts, helping you to protect your interests, as well as meeting compliance regulations.

We can also assist with drafting and reviewing company policies, ensuring that these policies cover your responsibilities and meet your needs. For instance, we can support you with drafting disciplinary proceedings, discrimination policies, and health and safety policies.

Where required, our specialist HR Consultants can also provide advice and guidance on company policies, as well as address any related concerns your business may have.

Misconduct and disciplinary procedures

Our expert employment law solicitors can help employers create policies and processes to best deal with misconduct and disciplinary procedures. We can also support you with carrying out misconduct investigations and provide advice on disciplinary actions. If you require legal representation during disciplinary hearings, we can also provide this.

To learn more about employment law for businesses, please contact our specialists at Ashtons.

Capability procedures

Our solicitors can assist employers with capability procedures, helping you to ensure that these processes are both fair and compliant. We can provide guidance on how to carry out assessments and provide information regarding your options for dealing with underperformance.

We can help you to reduce your risk of related legal claims, and where necessary, provide representation in employment tribunals. To access employment law advice for employers today, please get in touch.

TUPE and redundancy

At Ashtons, we can offer specialist support with TUPE, redundancy, and restructuring. If your company is going through a TUPE process, we can provide information on employee rights, consultations, and the required due diligence processes.

If you are in a position where you need to make employees redundant, we can help you to make certain that your selection criteria are fair, and that your processes meet the necessary legal requirements.

If you would like more information on our employment law services for employers, including TUPE and redundancy, our friendly team would be more than happy to help.

Recruitment processes

Our employment law experts for employers can help you to make sure that your recruitment processes adhere to the relevant employment laws, including anti-discrimination requirements.

At Ashtons, our specialist HR Consultants also have expertise in this area and can provide advice, helping you to safeguard your interests during any recruitment processes.

To find out more, or to discuss any area of employment law outsourcing for employers, please get in touch with our legal and HR experts at Ashtons.

Employee data and monitoring

Our expert employment law solicitors can help employers to ensure compliance with data protection laws, for instance, the Data Protection Act 2018, and the GDPR, with regards to employee data, as well as providing legal advice on monitoring practices.

If you have any questions regarding employee data and monitoring and would like to discuss your needs with our experts, please don’t hesitate to get in contact.

Withdrawing an employment offer

If you are in a situation where you need to withdraw an offer of employment, we can help you to ensure that you follow a legally compliant process, protecting yourself as an employer.

We can provide advice on all of the grounds for withdrawing an employment offer, for instance, a change in company circumstances, or where a candidate has failed their background checks.

For more information about employment law for employers, including withdrawing an employment law offer, please contact our employment law consultants for employers.

Disputes and employment tribunal claims

If you are facing a dispute or an employment tribunal claim, our employment law solicitors can offer expert support. We can provide legal advice, as well as help throughout the necessary process stages, and legal representation.

Our team can assist with all manner of disputes, including pay disputes, unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal, constructive dismissal and discrimination.

At Ashtons, we have extensive experience providing employment law advice for employers, including, support during disputes and employment tribunal claims.

Why choose our employment law solicitors?

At Ashtons Legal, we are independently regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), and are members of the Law Society Lexcel Accreditation Scheme, demonstrating our excellent standards of legal practice management and client care. We also hold a Tier 2 ranking by the Legal 500, specifically for our employment law expertise.

Our employment law solicitors and our HR Consultants can provide a tailor-made service, based on a clear understanding of your company and your goals.

If you are interested in discussing your needs with a member of our team today, please do get in touch with our employment law solicitors for businesses.

Employment Law Fees for Employers

Our employment law fees vary depending on your situation, and what kind of support you need. In some situations we can offer fixed fees, other cases will be charged at an hourly rate. Rest assured; you will always receive an accurate break down of your fees at the beginning.

When accessing employment law help, many businesses like to do so on a retainer basis, if you would like to do so we have three retainer options, including:

• A standard retainer
• A premium retainer
• A telephone helpline

If you have any questions about fees, or related financial concerns, including employment tribunal penalties for employers, our experts would be more than happy to discuss these with you.

Contact our Employment Law Solicitors for Employers Today

To access employment law advice for employers, please contact our employment law solicitors in Bury St Edmunds, Cambridge, Ipswich, Norwich and Leeds.

When you work with us, we can provide HR consultancy support, as well as legal support, depending on your needs.