Employment Contract Lawyers for Employers

Protect your business from day one with robust documentation. Our employment contract lawyers specialise in drafting and reviewing employment contracts, HR policies, and staff handbooks. We ensure your business remains legally compliant and fully protected against future workplace disputes.

The importance of legal paperwork

For all employers, having a comprehensive collection of legal employment law contracts, policies and handbooks are essential – not just for legal compliance but also to ensure employer and employee alike understand what is required of them, right from the start of the relationship.

Employers are legally obliged to issue employment contracts on the first day of employment, and these should be read, signed and returned by the employee to be retained on file.

Without contracts and policies, employers might find themselves at risk of potential problems in the future – particularly if a disciplinary or grievance issue arises.

We can help you by providing employment law contracts, policies and handbooks that are comprehensive, easy to understand, and up-to-date with current legal requirements, to protect your organisation and reduce the risk of dispute. We can also help to revise and maintain your employment contracts, advising you of changes in legislation and trends – protecting your staff and business now and in the future.

How Loch Law Can Help

We can offer expert legal advice on the terms of various employment documentation. With our support, you can be confident that all your employment law contracts, policies and handbooks are up-to-date and comply with UK employment law.

With a comprehensive understanding of your business objectives and goals, we will work with you closely to draft your employment documentation to meet your needs. From drafting to implementing and reviewing employment documents, our lawyers and HR consultants will assist you through every step to make sure your documentation is fit for purpose.

Documents that we can assist with include:

Offer letters
Employment law contracts (including fixed term, zero hours etc) and directors’ service agreements
Independent contractor agreements – with individuals and through their service companies
Non-executive director (NED) agreements
Employee handbooks and policies
Bonuses schemes
Settlement agreements
Post termination restrictive covenants
Confidentiality agreements