dh Employment Law Shop

Welcome to the fitting room.

Here you can purchase a tailored employment policy to meet your specific business requirements for a highly competitive price. All we need are the measurements of your business.

If the policy you require is not set out here or, if you have a specific business issue such as excessive sickness absence or bullying and harassment in a particular department and so you may need more than just a policy document, then do email us at employment@dawson-hart.co.uk for further advice.

Our current range comprises:

Equal Opportunities Policy;
Computer and Internet Use Policy;
Disciplinary Procedure and Optional Management Guidelines also available;
Grievance Procedure and Optional Management Guidelines also available;
Family Friendly policies which can be purchased individually or, as a set covering maternity, paternity, parental leave, adoption leave and requests for flexible working;

Latest arrivals! Our newly designed Retirement Policy, including standard letters you can use for employees approaching retirement which will enable your company to comply with its obligations to employees pursuant to the Employment Equality (Age) Discrimination Regulations 2006.

Please click here to confirm which policies you may be interested in purchasing and we will then contact you to confirm the costs. Once we have notified you of the cost of your chosen policies, it will be up to you whether you wish to purchase these items. You are not committing yourself to purchase by completing this form.

As part of the service and for your peace of mind we will notify you when we consider that your policy or management guidelines need updating to reflect changes in the law. We will be extending our range from time to time so do return to this page to check out the latest additions.

Please contact our Employment team on:

tel: 01825 762281

email: employment@dawson-hart.co.uk

People

Joanne Kavanagh - Partner and Head of Employment Law

jk@dawson-hart.co.uk

Joanne joined us in 2005 bringing with her extensive experience of advising employers and

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Jacqueline Hardaway - Managing Partner - Personal Injury and Employment Law

jmh@dawson-hart.co.uk

Jacqueline joined Dawson Hart as a Partner in 2002 bringing a wealth of expertise in Personal Injury

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News

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12 July 2008

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Testimonials

“For employment advice we chose Dawson Hart because they have a straightforward, no nonsense approach to dealing with employment issues. As members of dh Employment Protection we appreciate the fact that we always have our own solicitor on hand to advise us on issues as they crop up. It was like having our own skilled HR department, which saves us a lot of time and anguish and is far more cost-effective for us”

Mike James, Managing Director, Bio-Productions Limited

Glossary

Employment contract:

A contract between an employer and an employee. This differs from other contracts in that it is governed by employment legislation - which takes precedence over normal contract law.

Restrictive covenant:

Is often included in long-term contracts and contracts of employment to stop the parties working with competitors during the period of the agreement and for some time thereafter. However, unless carefully written the courts will see them as being a restraint of trade and not enforce them. In property matters it is a provision in a deed limiting the use of a property

Service contract:

Directors and officers of a company are usually given service contracts that are different to a contract of service or employment contract. This is because directors and officers are not always employees and the effect of employment law is different.

Mediation:

An alternative method of resolving disputes where the parties reach their own agreement with the guidance of a trained mediator.