Offices: London, United Kingdom

Employment

Employment law is an expanding and increasingly complex area affecting every aspect of the employment relationship from recruitment to termination and beyond. In this constantly changing legal landscape our clients look to us for our expertise, experience and judgement in avoiding and, where necessary, resolving the legal challenges they face in running their businesses. The London employment team reinforces McGuireWoods’ proven track record of dealing with complex employment disputes, cross-border legal issues and transactions, providing high quality, responsive, reliable and commercial English employment law advice.

The team has substantial experience acting for employers, dealing with all aspects of contentious employment law (in the Employment Tribunals, High Court and County Courts) and non-contentious work, including tax related advice, representing companies and partnerships. The employment team works closely with the corporate group assisting in corporate and commercial transactions, as well as with the tax department in offering taxation advice for employers.

Representative Employment Services

  • Employment contracts
  • Directors’ service agreements
  • Policy and staff handbook reviews
  • Secondment agreements
  • Consultancy agreements
  • Confidentiality agreements
  • Employee share option schemes
  • Employment aspects of business transfers (TUPE)
  • Business reorganisations
  • Redundancy
  • Tax
  • Unfair dismissal claims, including whistle blowing
  • Wrongful dismissal claims
  • Breach of contract, including bonus disputes
  • Unlawful deduction from wages
  • The Working Time Regulations 1998
  • Performance, conduct and ill-health issues
  • Sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation and religion or belief, discrimination and equal pay
  • Part-time, fixed-term and agency workers
  • Family friendly working, including maternity, paternity, adoption and flexible working
  • Restrictive covenants, confidential information and garden leave
  • Directors’ duties
  • References
  • European legislation

For additional information on our capabilities, please see our  International Employment Compliance section.