A contract of employment/service agreement governs the terms of your relationship with your employees/staff, and so it is important that it reflects your true intentions.

Furthermore, it is a legal requirement that all employees, workers and agency workers are provided with a written statement of their main terms of engagement on or before their first day of work. Having good quality contracts of employment in place is therefore crucial for all employers.

Our employment team understands that ‘one size fits all’ is often not the case when it comes to agreeing the terms of employment/engagement with staff, and we have the expertise to identify any specific considerations for our client’s business and to best achieve them in the written terms to be agreed.

How we can help

We work with our business clients to consider the benefits of including tailored clauses in their contracts to ensure our employer clients are compliant with UK employment law whilst achieving suitable business protection.

We can also provide more detailed director service agreements, which typically contain more provisions tailored to protect the business than a standard contract of employment, given the seniority of the individual and the risk/reward that they enjoy.

Our services include:

• Formulating statements of main terms and conditions compliant with UK employment law;
• Creating bespoke contracts of employment tailored to our client’s needs, including senior management contracts;
• Drafting directors service agreements ensuring that the additional rights and responsibilities of the employee and employer are expressly detailed to protect our clients;
• Advising on the detail and operation of termination mechanisms, including payments in lieu of notice and garden leave;
• Guiding on the use and operation of post-termination restrictions/covenants, including restrictions against competing with a former employer, soliciting business or dealing with the business’s clients; and
• Supporting our clients in the discharge of their data protection duties through the provision of suitable, compliant data protection frameworks/privacy notices.