Contracts of employment

Starting a new role or signing a new contract, the agreement must reflect your expectations and protect your rights. It’s crucial that you have legal advice before you sign. Once there’s a binding contract, negotiating changes can be difficult. We’ll advise you on your contract and help you negotiate any restrictions that impact your future career.

Post-termination restrictions

Our focus is on your rights and freedom. Employers use post-termination restrictions or restrictive covenants to limit your actions after you leave. But are they reasonable? And can a court enforce them?

Before signing a restrictive contract, we’ll look at its enforceability and support you in negotiations. If you’re limited by your contract now and want to move to a competitor or set up in competition, we can navigate you through this complex process and give you the confidence to make the change.

Been threatened with an injunction? We’re on call for urgent support. We’ve helped many employees in your situation achieve favourable settlements and positive High Court judgements.

Changes to your employment contract

If your employer is trying to change the terms of your contract, we’ll advise you on your rights. If the changes will have a detrimental impact on you, we could help you claim for breach of contract and even constructive unfair dismissal, if you feel that this is a serious demotion or if you want to resign.

The “Gig Economy” and your employment status

In the modern economy, more and more of us are self-employed. The “Gig Economy” means that your self-employment contract treats you as an employee but doesn’t give you the benefits, such as holiday pay or sickness pay. We have brought many successful claims for equal rights for workers on employment status, including large group actions.