The legal services we offer

Hutchinson Cummins provides advice both to employers and employees in relation to all aspects of employment law.

The following are only examples of the services we offer.

1. Advice to Employers
2. Advice for Employees
3. Training for Employers
   
   
   

Advice to Employers

1. Advising in relation to day to day disciplinary and grievance issues and the processes to be followed.
   
   
2. Drafting tailor made contracts of employment, service agreements, consultancy agreements, grievance and disciplinary policies and employee handbooks.
   
   
3. Advising on all aspects of HR policies and procedures.
   
   
4. Bespoke training for human resources departments.
   
   
5. Employment Tribunal advice and representation for the whole range of employment law claims including unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal, discrimination claims, pregnancy related dismissals and claims involving the TUPE regulations.
   
   
6. Advising on redundancy procedures, including collective redundancies.
   
   
7. Advising on employee consultation requirements.
   
   
8. Drafting and negotiating compromise agreements and termination packages.
   
   
9. Advice and drafting of restrictive covenants.
   
   
   

Advice to Employees

1. Advising on your rights if you have been dismissed or believe that you have been unfairly treated by your employer.
   
   
2. Advising you in relation to your rights if you may have been discriminated against.
   
   
3. Advising on any contractual disputes with your employer including disputes arising out of notice pay.
   
   
4. Advising on restrictive covenants and their enforceability.
   
   
5. Representation at Employment Tribunal proceedings in respect of the whole range of employment claims including unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal, discrimination claims, pregnancy related dismissals and claims involving the TUPE regulations.
   
   
   

Training for Employers

We mention this as a separate heading because it training is becoming increasingly important to our clients and we are noticing a significant increase in our clients requirements for bespoke training.

We have particular experience for providing bespoke training packages to human resources departments and to managers within businesses.

Our experience, in particular over recent years, is that the increasing complexity of employment law and the need to ensure that procedures are followed means that many businesses can 'trip up' on a technicality. This can cause an employer to lose any subsequent claim which might be brought in the Employment Tribunal.

All of our training is tailor made to suit the particular requirements of the business to which we are giving training. We recognise the importance of making sure that any training is practical and pitched correctly whether it be to human resources professionals or, for example, to managing directors or finance directors.

More recently we have found that particularly popular topics include advice on grievance and disciplinary procedures. This has arisen out of the relatively new legislation on these matters. Our clients are also increasingly concerned about discrimination issues.

We also run regular breakfast seminars covering topical issues. Further details of the topics covered and the program for forthcoming seminars is in our news and events section.