Employment Law

Employment law is an area of constant change, not simply as a result of new statutes but primarily because of a continual flow of Employment Appeal Tribunal decisions, court cases and tax changes.

We advise both employers and employees. Indeed, employees increasingly seek legal advice, not just as a result of acrimonious partings but when negotiating or renegotiating contracts of employment and service agreements.

The firm can provide a full employment law service:

- Drafting Service Agreements for executives and directors

- "Template" Contracts for employees

- Advice on stock-options and other elements of remuneration

- Confidentiality agreements and restrictive covenants

- Advising on dismissals, grievance procedures, disciplinary measures

- Redundancy

- Court and Tribunal appearances

Personal Service Companies: IR35

HM Revenue & Customs, motivated by a desire to maximise tax revenue, deemed contractors working through personal service companies to be employees where they work for just one employer. That raises particular issues: must employers put such former contractors on the payroll; can contracts be phrased to protect some of the flexibility that employers (and employees) previously enjoyed; in which circumstances could a contractual rather than an employment situation be preserved?

Contact Aberdeen Office
Tom Rennie	01224 428000
Angus Easton	01224 428216