Employment

• The negotiation of employment contracts, whether individual or collective 
• Drafting and implementation of employment and service contracts, house rules and employment policies 
• Tax advice on the appropriate treatment of employee payments and incentive schemes 
• Fixed and open term contracts and trial periods 
  
• Confidentiality and trade restraint agreements 
  
• Trade restraint enforcement and protection of trade secrets
  
• Intellectual property rights
  
• Disciplinary and redundancy issues
  
• Negotiation of employment disputes: advising on the correct procedures for dealing with disputes and how to take steps to minimise potential claims arising from them
  
• Employment and tribunal mediations and adjudications
  
• Employment Court and common law claims
  
• Staff retrenchment and restructuring
  
  
  

Our Experts In This Area

• Graham Jordan
• Siobhan O'Shea