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How can Davenport Lyons help?
Employment Law in the UK
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Businesses throughout the globe rely heavily on their workforce, and the success or otherwise of the employer/employee relationship can have far-reaching implications. Productivity levels and solid labour relations at, for example, a manufacturing plant may determine the survival or demise of a major car company (however strong its brand portfolio); the revelation that a pharmaceuticals company employee has retained rights in a valuable patent may cause serious damage to the Company's share price.
In the UK, employment law has traditionally arisen out of common law, the bank of court and tribunal decisions handed down over the years. As an illustration of this, the law governing the relationship between employer and employee still hinges on old cases where the archaic terms "master" and "servant" are used rather than the more modern "employer" and "employee".
More recently, however, UK employment law has been transformed by the wealth of European Union (EU) legislation which the UK is required (as an EU member) to implement, and by European Court decisions which the UK courts have followed.
The Davenport Lyons Employment team has the experience and know how to provide practical, commercial advice on all employment issues to anyone wishing to expand into the UK or form any commercial links with the UK - by way of secondment or branch office - including:
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Terms and conditions of employment, policies and procedures |
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Senior executive packages including share incentive schemes |
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Employment-related issues arising on the transfer of a business or undertaking as a result of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981 |
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Personnel issues including disciplinary matters |
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Sex, Race and Disability Discrimination |
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Immigration and Work Permit issues |
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Restructuring, reorganisations and redundancies |
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Dealing with termination issues on behalf of employees and employers - from troubleshooting to handling Tribunal and High Court proceedings to negotiating settlements |
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