Employment law plays an important role in helping both employers and employees handle and understand the complexities of workplace relationships. Whether you need assistance with redundancies, employee disputes, or reviewing employment contracts, our dedicated specialists are here to guide you.
With law surrounding employment constantly evolving, staying compliant can be challenging. That’s why businesses benefit from expert legal support to anticipate and address workplace issues effectively. At AFG Law, our employment law services in Cheshire help you mitigate risks, saving you time, money, and stress.
Our Cheshire employment law solicitors work closely with our commercial teams to provide strategic advice on many aspects of employment law, ensuring your business remains protected and well-informed. Please get in touch with our law firm today to find out more.
Protecting Your Business Against Employment Claims
We provide expert legal representation for employers facing employment-related claims, ensuring your business is safeguarded and your legal rights are upheld. Our services include:
- Employment tribunal claims – Defending your business in tribunal proceedings with strategic representation, including negotiating settlement agreements when appropriate.
- Discrimination claims – Handling cases involving age, sexual orientation, race, religion, or disability discrimination with professionalism and sensitivity.
- Dismissal claims – Protecting your business against unfair dismissal or constructive dismissal claims to maintain your reputation and operations.
- Breach of contract – Addressing disputes over contractual obligations while ensuring compliance and limiting liability.
- Harassment claims – Managing workplace harassment and victimisation claims to promote a lawful and positive working environment.
Resolving Employment Issues with Employees
We offer practical guidance on everyday employment matters, helping you navigate challenges effectively:
- Disciplinary procedures – Assisting in implementing fair and legally compliant disciplinary processes.
- Grievance procedures – Supporting employers in handling employee grievances to resolve disputes efficiently.
- Protecting confidential business information – Safeguarding sensitive data from misuse by current or former employees, such as through restrictive covenants.
- Sickness management – Advising on employee sickness policies in line with legal requirements.
- Boardroom disputes – Resolving conflicts at the executive level while prioritising business interests.
- Performance management – Helping you manage and enhance employee performance to support business success.
- Executive service agreements and terminations – Drafting, negotiating, and overseeing executive contracts and terminations with legal precision.
Redundancies and restructures
Business restructuring and redundancy processes require careful planning and legal compliance to avoid potential disputes. We provide guidance to ensure that redundancy planning, consultation, and implementation are conducted lawfully and fairly.
Whether your business is undergoing a reorganisation or a large-scale structural change, we help minimise legal risks and ensure a smooth transition. Our team works closely with employers to develop redundancy strategies that align with both legal requirements and business objectives.
Reviewing or creating workplace policies
Having clear and up to date workplace policies is essential for maintaining compliance and managing employees effectively. We assist businesses in reviewing, updating, and creating workplace policies that reflect the latest legal requirements and best practices. Our expertise covers a wide range of policies, including recruitment guidelines that ensure fair hiring practices, family related policies such as maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave, and statutory sick pay policies that help businesses meet their legal obligations.
We also help businesses develop social media usage policies to ensure responsible online behaviour among employees and provide guidance on holiday entitlements, including complex issues such as holiday accrual during periods of sickness.
By ensuring your workplace policies are legally sound and tailored to your business needs, we help you create a compliant, fair, and well structured working environment.
Who do we advise?
No matter if you’re an employer overseeing a growing team or an executive navigating contract negotiations, our expert employment law services are here to support you. We tailor our employment law advice to suit your unique business needs and professional goals.
Taking the time to understand your specific challenges, we work closely with you to provide clear, practical solutions. Our team ensures that every piece of advice is aligned with your priorities, helping you make informed decisions with confidence.
How can AFG Law assist?
Our employment law team specialises in offering expert independent advice and support, backed by years of valuable experience. We are committed to ensuring that every process runs seamlessly, whether it is an individual matter or ongoing support.
We pride ourselves on working in an open, respectful, and supportive manner with our clients and everyone we interact with. Upholding the highest professional standards, our employment lawyers provide essential legal advice regarding business related matters. We regularly assist businesses in Cheshire and surrounding areas.
If you would like to discuss your business needs or to find out more about our employment law services in Cheshire, please get in touch with our employment law solicitors in Cheshire today for free initial advice. You can contact us on 01204 377600 or via email at disputeresolution@afglaw.co.uk.
Please note, AFG Law have offices based in Bolton, Bury and Stockport. However, our employment law services team can effectively assist clients in Cheshire remotely. Our firm can also assist with a range of other commercial and business legal issues, including Director and Shareholder disputes and commercial contract disputes.
