Employment & Immigration
The Employment Department provides comprehensive advice in all areas of employment related issues including Business Immigration. Through a keen awareness of the impact that this ever-changing area of law can have on business planning and forecasting for corporate clients, the Department aims to tailor its advice to the particular needs of any such organisation. A clear understanding of the consequences of loss of employment or adverse treatment of employees in the work place also enables the Department to provide practical advice to our clients.
Davenport Lyons is ideally placed to advise and guide clients through these turbulent times. From across our departments we have lawyers who will work with you to take advantage of these new opportunities.
The Department advises on all aspects of the employment relationship, including:
Contracts and Policies
- Executive Compensation Packages
- Disciplinary Procedures
- Restrictive Covenants
- Confidentiality Clauses
- Family Friendly and other Company Policies
- Working Time Regulations
Termination
- Compromise Agreements/Termination Packages
- Breach of Contract
- Unfair Dismissal
- Discrimination
- Redundancy
- Injunctions
- Transfer of Undertakings
- Tribunal & Court Proceedings
Business Immigration
- Highly Skilled Migrant Programme Visas
- Work Permits
- Applications for British Citizenship
- Indefinite Leave to Remain
- Advice on illegal working including Employers’ Liability
Employment Articles
- Do I have to pay a fee to bring a claim against my employer?
- Election 2010: Party Policies on Employment
- The Points Based System: New Immigration Rules For The UK
- Avoiding The Redundancy Pitfalls
- Discriminating care: new protection for carers of the disabled
- Disibility Discrimination
- Three’s Company - Three new partners join Davenport Lyons
- When is a loss a loss?
- References – the final hurdle?
- Archive
E-ployment E-News
- Employee Shareholder Status to become law
- Successful parliamentary session for "employee shareholder" status
- New Budget Announcement and House of Lords Decision Send Conflicting Messages over the Introduction of “Employee Shareholders”
- New Unfair Dismissal Cap
- Limits on tribunal awards to increase from 1 February 2013
- Parents to be able to share a year's leave to look after new babies from 2015
- Workers entitled to postpone paid annual leave if they fall sick during annual leave
- Employment legislation changes in April 2012
- Increase in National Minimum Wage Rates - October 2012 and the 2012 Budget - Impact for Employers
- New 2 year qualifying period for unfair dismissal set to be for new employees only
- The Employment Law Timetable for 2012
- Compensation Limits to rise from February 2012
- Charging Fees in Employment Tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal
- Government announces New Equality and Advisory Support Service
- Increase in statutory maternity/paternity/adoption pay and statutory sick pay
