Employment Law

Support and solutions

Very few establishments can prevent disputes occurring within the workplace. At Landell Fraser we believe rigorous policies, procedures and systems can reduce the likelihood of disagreements arising and may help to improve working relationships when they do.

Our employment law and human resource management products can provide clients with proactive and reactive solutions to potential and actual problems. Our aim is to reduce the likelihood of legal action by encouraging and assisting organisations to develop, implement, review and revise their internal policies and procedures.

Tribunal complaints

Establishing firm foundations to protect organisations and workers are essential in a climate where employment tribunal complaints are on the increase. In the year ending March 2006, there were over 115,000 complaints made to employment tribunals in the UK.

Although the nature of claims varied, almost 40% involved unfair dismissals and issues concerning employees working time. The average award for unfair dismissal was approximately £8,500. The compensation awards for discrimination claims are unlimited. There were over 12,000 cases of discrimination with an average compensation of £20,000.

Given these statistics, we believe it is essential that employers implement policies and procedures that are regularly reviewed and revised.

Training programmes

We present training programmes through conferences, seminars and in-house training. We constantly monitor sectors needs and develop programmes in response. Our current titles in this area include:

• Age Discrimination
• Bullying and Harassment at Work
• Contracts of Employment
• Data Protection in Business
• Disciplinary Grievance - Policies & Procedures
• Employee or Worker?
• Employment Essentials
• Employment Law - Policies & Procedures
• Ending Contracts of Employments
• Flexible Working and Family Friendly Policies
• Health & Safety at Work
• Managing Conflict at Work
• Managing Poor Performance
• Managing Sickness and Absence
• Monitoring and Surveillance in the Workplace
• Recruitment, Selection & Retention

Please contact us to arrange a free consultation.