Tips on how to avoid an Employment Tribunal

From the time you decide to employ someone, you embark on a route that has numerous employment law hurdles that must be negotiated with care if you are to avoid the Employment Tribunal (ET), and litigation to resolve employment disputes can be costly.

Employment law impacts on all stages of the employer/employee relationship. For example, anti-discrimination laws are intended to eliminate discrimination from all workplace situations, so your recruitment procedures (including advertisements for new employees) must not discriminate on the grounds of sex, sexual orientation, colour, race, nationality, ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability or age.

Other legislation deals with specific employment situations. For example, when you appoint a new member of staff, the law requires that you must provide them with a written statement of their employment terms and conditions containing specific information.

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