Employment Law

Employment Law is continually changing. And whether you are an employer or employee, you need to be aware that legislation imposes strict guidelines on bringing claims. Mistakes can be very costly, so it's important to make sure you have good legal advice before you start.

Help For Employers

Disputes with employees can be costly and disruptive. They take up valuable time, have a poor effect on staff morale and usually result in large payouts. Yet it doesn't have to be like this! At Ballantyne Grant we know all about your legal obligations towards employees.

We can help you ensure that disputes don't arise when dealing with disciplinary and grievance issues. We can help you resolve disputes using mediation, compromise or at a final hearing where an employee is taking action against you.

We can also help in other less contentious ways such as drafting contracts of employment, grievance and disciplinary procedures and policy documents.

For example:

• Drafting contracts of employment
• Drafting staff handbooks and policy documents
• Advising on disciplinary matters
• Advising on redundancy/downsizing
• Advising on tribunal claims

Help For Employees

Whether you are still an employee or have been dismissed, we can help you. We totally understand the stress and financial problems that disputes with your employer can lead to. So whatever your dispute, we can discuss a variety of affordable ways to pay so you won't be out of pocket. These can include an hourly charge for our work or working on a no win no fee basis.

At Ballantyne Grant we specialise in discrimination cases and can advise on all aspects of employment law including:

• Discrimination (age, disability, race, sex, sexual orientation)
• Redundancy
• Unfair Dismissal
• Constructive Dismissal
• Wrongful Dismissal
• Compromise agreements
• Statutory rights
• Contracts of employment
• TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings [Protection of Employment] Regulations)
• Disciplinary and grievance disputes
• Equal pay