Employment law

Employment law is extremely complex and it is constantly changing.

In the past few years there have been ten new pieces of employment legislation, and with age discrimination now in full force this has presented businesses with a whole raft of new issues to handle. In the current economic climate, businesses of all sizes are also becoming increasingly sensitive to redundancies, disputes and dismissals.

Before you embark on a course of action, take legal advice early as it will help you to avoid making costly mistakes further down the line.

Working in tandem with our commercial, rural and private client lawyers, our experienced employment law team advises on all aspects of employment, including:

• Bespoke contracts of employment, grievance and disciplinary policies and other contractual documents
• Representation and advice on employment and immigration applications
• Advise and draft compromise agreements for employers and employees
• Providing in-house training to businesses, HR teams and other managers on how to correctly apply current employment law and practices

Employment law healthcheck - make sure your contracts, procedures and policies are up to date >more

For more information on how we can help you and your business or organisation, download our Employment Law factsheet >more

We also provide employment law advice via a telephone advisory service for medium to large employers and member organisations.

To get a feel for how we could, potentially, help your organisation have a look at the service we operate for the National Farmers Union of Scotland click here.