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employment
The extensive employment team at Browne Jacobson offers
comprehensive services on all aspects of employment law. As well as
representing employers at hearings, the team provides legal support
for all the needs of a human resources department including
drafting contracts and policies, regular seminars, an advice
help-line and in-house training.
The team’s approach is focused on working with clients to
improve human resources procedures and reduce the likelihood of
employment tribunal claims altogether. This has been very
successful and a large part of the team’s workload now includes
proactively avoiding situations which could lead to disputes.
Over 80% of the work carried out by the team is for employers.
If disputes do occur, the team has extensive experience of
appearing as advocates in employment tribunals. Browne Jacobson’s
employment services are available to employers of all sizes and can
ensure that the human resources procedures remain up to date and in
line with current legislation.
Employment news update
The limits on payments and certain Employment
Tribunal awards have been increased and are effective from today (1
February 2008).
This year's main increases are as follows:
- The limit on the amount of compensation awarded in unfair
dismissal claims has been increased from £60,600 to £63,000.
- The limit on the amount of a week's pay for the purposes of
calculating a redundancy payment or basic award of compensation in
unfair dismissal claims has been increased from £310 to £330.
These new limits apply for dismissals that
occur on or after 1 February 2008.
For further information or
advice, please contact Helen Kennedy or Edward Benson