Employment Law

Employment law is one of the most rapidly changing areas of legal practice. Employers need to keep abreast of latest developments in order to avoid time-consuming and potentially expensive claims being brought against them.

Employers also need their employees to be reliable and productive at work. We at Levi Solicitors can help with the full range of “people problems” you face – we specialise in delivering practical and cost-effective solutions to your employment law and related HR problems. Some of the areas with which we can help include:

Non-Contentious Advice

• Recruitment - application forms, interviews, offers of employment
• Terms and conditions of employment
• Employee handbooks
• Contracts for services
• Disciplinary and grievance procedures
• Equal opportunities
• Employee monitoring and data protection
• Flexible working, maternity, paternity, parental and adoption leave
• Atypical working
• Working Time Regulations
• Employment issues on acquisitions and mergers, including the impact of TUPE
• Restructuring and reorganisation exercises, including collective and individual redundancies
• Status (employed vs. self-employed and IR35)
• European law issues

HR Solutions

• Recruiting the right people
• Performance and absence management
• Staff training on HR and employment issues
• Retaining your staff – rewards, remuneration and incentives
• Senior executive compensation packages
• Work/life balance

Contentious Employment Advice

• Unfair and wrongful dismissal claims
• Breach of contract
• Redundancy procedures and packages
• Group and individual severances
• Compromise agreements
• Restrictive covenants and injunctions
• Discrimination and victimisation claims
• Advocacy