Employment contracts really are at the centre of your business. They are crucial in the relationship between the business and its people. Our team can help with all aspects of drafting, reviewing and amending employment contracts. It’s crucial that your contracts work for your business, accurately reflect what’s happening day to day and be practically enforceable. Our employment law experts based in Southampton and Winchester will be able to give business owners and HR teams well rounded advice and help ensure that your employment contracts are compliant and up to date.
HOW WE CAN HELP
- Advice on employment status and the right type of document to use for different people working in your business
- Drafting employment contracts and ensuring employment contract compliance
- Advising on and drafting directors’ service agreements
- Review of clauses in your employment contracts and advice on The Good Work Plan
- Advice on when and how to review your employment contracts
- Making changes to employment contracts and communicating changes to staff
- Terminating employment contracts and best practice to protect the business
- Bespoke advice around flexible and hybrid working clauses in employment contracts
- Advice when an employment contract has been breached and steps that should be taken
- Guidance on employment contracts and GDPR issues
- Advice on a-typical ways of working, including zero hours contracts and agency workers
- Advice on the work and agreements for self-employed consultants and contractors, including the impact of IR35 on those working through a personal service company
DIFFERENT TYPES OF EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS – WHAT TO INCLUDE
You will usually want to have several different templates for contracts of employment depending on the employee’s level of seniority and role. For example, it would be common to have a longer notice period for senior employees. You are also likely to need restrictive covenants to protect the business when an employee leaves for senior roles, such as those in sales or management, which may not be required for more junior roles. A worker or employment contract should always, as a minimum, include the basic particulars of employment set out in section 1 of the Employment Rights Act 1996, otherwise known as a “section 1 statement”. Many contracts should go beyond this though to protect the business. A contract which doesn’t include the key terms can make it harder for a business to enforce key terms or take action if a problem arises. It is therefore an important document to get right. Contracts of employment should also be regularly reviewed to make sure they remain up to date.HOW WE WORK WITH YOU
Whilst based in Southampton and Winchester, Paris Smith acts for businesses and families throughout the UK. Technology has enabled us to provide a high level of service to our clients whether they are local to our offices or not. Our advice can be given in many ways:- Over the telephone
- Via video conferencing
- In face to face meetings