Self-Employment, Contractors and Agency Workers
Engaging contractors and agency staff gives your business flexibility, but it also raises complex legal issues.
Employment Law
Navigate employment law with legal partners who understand your business and your workforce. Whether you're hiring, restructuring, or managing a workplace dispute, we provide tailored insight that helps you secure your organisation and manage your team effectively.
We also have a personal employment team if you are an employee who has an employment law query.
Our employment law services
Your relationship with your employees is vital to your business’s success. Our employment solicitors can help you manage the legal side of this relationship, leaving your managers with more time to do what they do best.Meet an expert from our Employment team
From drafting contracts to handling conflicts and defending tribunal claims, access clear, expert guidance. We help you stay compliant and make confident decisions about your team.
Fergal Dowling
Managing Partner - Business Services Group
Are you prepared for the changes to the Employment Rights Act?
The Employment Rights Act 2025 introduces sweeping reforms that represent the most significant enhancement to workers’ rights in a generation, bringing major changes for every employer.
Our comprehensive guide sets out the key changes and explains how we can support you as you navigate this complex and evolving area of law.
Save the guide to your favourites and we’ll keep it updated as developments unfold, ensuring you always have access to the latest insights and guidance.
What employment law services do we offer?
Our forward-thinking and pragmatic advice will help you reduce the risk, costs, stress and management time involved with staff issues. We can help you:
- Train managers on common employment law issues
- Prepare for disciplinary and grievance hearings, appeals, and employment tribunals
- Take advantage of outsourcing opportunities and navigate the TUPE regulations
- Comply with the latest employment legislation
- Transform a specific part of your business and advise on the employment implications
- Manage equality and diversity requirements
- Provide support for pension scheme management and pension tax advice
- Prevent and resolve employment disputes
- Limit reputational damage
- Protect confidential information
- Stop leavers from poaching valuable employees and customers
- Draft, review, or update contracts and policies
- Conduct a fair process to change terms of employment
- Implement or improve disciplinary and grievance processes
- Bring skilled workers into your business from outside the UK
- Manage your relationship with trade unions
- Carry out collective redundancy consultations.
We’re here to help
Complete our enquiry form and one of our experts will contact you by the next working day.
Alternatively, you can call us now.
Our opening hours are Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm (Excluding Public Holidays).
02076503939
About Irwin Mitchell
Legal partners for businesses
We help safeguard your position and plan your next moves across conflicts, growth opportunities, and business change.
Our guidance is always shaped around your sector, goals, and long-term success. Whether you are a specialist small or medium enterprise or an international group, we provide insight that makes decisions easier and outcomes stronger.
Irwin Mitchell is a full-service law firm with UK offices and a global reach. Our business lawyers act as long-term strategic partners, offering practical insight to help you move with assurance.