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Contracts of employment and internal policies
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We provide bespoke contractual documentation to protect your business and regulate the employer/employee relationship in your business. Our contracts of employment are always up-to date with current employment law and our policies reflect best practice.
Self employed contractor agreements
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Self employed contractor agreements are crucial to ensure the regulation of work carried out by third parties, sub contractors. We can draft bespoke agreements to safeguard your business, an ensure the contractor is liable for their own tax and NI.
Restrictive Covenants
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Restrictive covenants should always be drawn up following legal advice. The most frequent covenants we draw up include competing with the employer, restriction of trade secrets and non-solicitation of the employers clients upon termination of contract.
Settlement Agreements
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Our employment lawyers are qualified to draw up settlement agreements (formally known as compromise agreements). These are necessary when wishing to negotiate an employee exit and to avoid certain litigation after termination.
Advanced Employment Law for Senior HR Professionals
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Our Advanced Employment Law course is designed for those wishing to expand on their existing knowledge of current employment law practice to enhance leadership and decision-making skills. We cover complex areas such as TUPE and IR35.
Introduction to Employment Law
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Our Introduction to Employment Law course is suitable for junior HR professionals looking to develop an understanding of employment law; Professionals with people management responsibilities or business owners looking to employ staff.
Focus on: TUPE and Redundancy
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Our short course - Focus on: TUPE and Redundancy is an employment law course for professionals with responsibility for change management and organisational development. The course will navigate through a successful pathway for redundancy or transfers.
Focus on: Grievance, Discipline and Dismissals
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This short course in managing grievance, discipline and dismissals focuses on the legal significance of workplace discipline and grievance procedures, and their relationship with the best practice advocated through the ACAS codes.
Focus on: Absence and Performance Management
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This short course is suitable for general and HR managers and officers responsible for the management of performance, and monitoring of workplace absences. The course will examine best practice, effective management of sickness absence
Employment Law for Non HR Managers
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This short course is designed for those with little or superficial understanding of employment law who wish to develop the confidence to effectively manage workplace issues with a view to reducing risk and avoiding escalation of problems.
Employment Law for Business Owners
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This course is for business owners or general managers who are contemplating hiring staff or using contractors.The course is suitable for those looking to negotiate terms and conditions and require an understanding of employment law and the contract.
Focus on: Contracts of Employment
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This short course focussing on contracts of employment is suitable for those wishing to understand the significance of contractual terms, how to negotiate terms, and how to effectively manage staff.
Employment Law News Blog
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Our blog posts represent the issues our clients want answered. We regularly publish our articles in Industry journals. Also, check here to see news on our latest offers.
Are you sick of managing absence?
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Sorry to get personal, but you're fired!
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Confidentiality, it is legal?
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What makes us different?
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Nigel French and Associates Limited is a specialist Employment Law and Human Resources Consultancy based in Ipswich, Suffolk, working across East Anglia to deliver qualified human resources and employment law advice from recruitment to termination.
Our Services at a glance
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We provide a wide variety of qualified employment law and human resources services across East Anglia and the South East - Including Essex and Suffolk from minimum wage queries through to representation in an Employment Tribunal. We work for businesses.
Thinking of taking on an apprentice?
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The Uber problem that could become.....even more uber
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Employment Law Case Round-Up July 2017
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August 2017 Employment Law News Round-up
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Be afraid, be very afraid! There are four truly frightening HR facts and myths we are busting this Halloween
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Sexual harassment in the workplace
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Sexual Harassment - Who is to blame?
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