The firm represents employees and employers in Labour Law cases. An employee's rights may be divided into two categories as follows:
The first category relates to an employee's rights under his employment contract. For this purpose an initial check has to be made as to whether or not the person has
the status of "employee" as defined by law and precedent. For this one needs to determine whether he is a temporary employee, an employee taken on for a fixed term,
an outside contractor, a manpower agency employee, a free lancer, or the like.
Having established the basis of the engagement, the employee's rights under his terms of employment, and whether they have been granted to him, are checked. This
includes basic pay, overtime, annual leave, unpaid leave, Sabbatical leave, travel expenses, sick pay, convalescence pay, pension fund, study fund, wage delay etc.
During his employment other issues may arise such as an appeal against an appointment by competition, the effect of a change of management on employment
contracts, "habit" as a basis for terms of an employment contract, interpretation and supplementation of an employment contract, workplace management prerogatives
etc.
The second category relates to an employee's rights during and following termination of the employer-employee relationship. In such cases the circumstances of such
termination are examined, and the first question asked is why this occurred.
Was employment terminated on the employee's or the employer's initiative? What is the significance of this distinction, and what difference does it make to the
employee's and the employer's rights and obligations?
This is where such issues as dismissal vs. resignation, the right to receive advance notice, significant worsening of employment conditions, severance pay,
dismissal/resignation due to old age, maternity, reserve duty, state of health, change of place of residence and the like are looked into.
It is worth bearing in mind that employment issues cannot always be resolved at the Employment Tribunal, especially when the employee and employer have common
interests. Our firm represents employees and employers in work disputes, and even holds mediation sessions to seek a solution to the satisfaction of the parties.