| Whether you're an employer or an employee, | | | | business has stopped trading, or has moved to a |
| there are certain things that you should know | | | | different location, or there are less workers |
| about employment law that will help you in the | | | | needed due to a change in the demand for the |
| workplace. | | | | products or services offered. |
| Here's what you need to know. | | | | 6. There are time limits for Employment Tribunal |
| 1. There are lots of regulations that employers | | | | claims. Usually this is within 3 months. The time |
| must follow. For instance, there are more than 25 | | | | begins either on the date the employment ended, |
| statutes, 100 statutory instruments, 36 European | | | | or when the complaint was initially made. |
| Directives, and 20 Codes of Practice. It's no | | | | 7. In exceptional circumstances, it might be |
| wonder that employers never feel that they are | | | | possible for tribunal claims to be heard outside of |
| on top of all the legal expectations and | | | | the three months. Perhaps the complainant was in |
| requirements. | | | | hospital, or there are other reasons why the |
| 2. The contract of employment doesn't have to | | | | complaint couldn't have been made sooner. |
| be written down. The fact that the employer has | | | | 8. In some cases, an employee can appeal against |
| offered the position, and the employee has | | | | dismissal. Perhaps the proper disciplinary process |
| accepted the position means that a contract has | | | | was not followed, or there were other |
| been formed. However, it is a good idea to have | | | | circumstances leading up to the dismissal that |
| formal written contracts for all of your | | | | were not fully investigated. |
| employees. | | | | 9. Depending on the situation, there are no limits |
| 3. If you want to change employee contracts, for | | | | to compensation awarded for matters such as |
| either one worker, or all of them, then you will | | | | discrimination. For other cases, such as unpaid |
| need to obtain the consent of all parties involved. | | | | statutory redundancy pay, there is a limit. |
| You might want to change their job description, | | | | 10. For some cases, it is necessary for the |
| change their place of work, increase their pay, or | | | | employee to have completed a period of service |
| change the number of hours they work. If | | | | with the company before they can bring a tribunal |
| employees don't agree to the changes, then you | | | | case. For Redundancy, 2 complete years must |
| can't just change their contracts anyway. | | | | have been worked, unfair dismissal usually requires |
| 4. A Compromise Agreement is a legal document | | | | 12 months, whereas there is no minimum amount |
| that will terminate the employment of a worker, | | | | for a discrimination or breach of contract case. |
| and also means that the employee signs away | | | | Now you know more about how it affects you |
| their rights to complain to an Employment | | | | as either an employer or an employee, if you |
| Tribunal, and in exchange, the employee is given a | | | | need any work related legal advice, why not |
| full and final settlement from their employer. | | | | contact an employment solicitor today? |
| 5. A redundancy situation can occur when the | | | | |