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 Key services
- Contractual
Drafting terms of business and terms of engagement; advising, drafting and negotiating ‘one-off’ client contracts
- Regulatory
Advising on the impact of employment agencies and related legislation, and new developments
- Employment
Drafting contracts of employment; advising on termination and unfair dismissal claims; enforcement of restrictive covenants; dealing with TUPE
Goodman Derrick LLP offers specialist legal advice to the recruitment industry.
Goodman Derrick LLP have been advisers to the recruitment industry for 20 years. During this time we have acted for the Federation of Recruitment and Employment Services (FRES) and now the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC).
We also act for a large number of their members, as well as non-members involved in the industry.
Our unique position has placed us at the forefront of the industry, and we are familiar with all legal and commercial issues confronting participants in this field. This means that we are able to offer unrivalled specialist advice to employment agencies and recruitment consultancies of all types and sizes. The areas we cover include:
- Regulatory matters: the Conduct Regulations
- Common law obligations of employment agencies: the requisite standard of service; who is liable if something goes wrong
- Preparation and advice on the terms of business for permanent and temporary employment, executive search and leasing, for all types of client and staff
- The legal relationship between an employment business and a temporary worker or contractor and the consequences flowing from this analysis
- Non-standard contracts involving competitive tendering, preferred supply agreements and outsourcing
- Transfer of Undertakings
- Disputes with clients, applicants or third parties over terms of business
- Immigration issues
- European recruitment issues
Advice is often sought in the field of employment law and the prolific amount of new legislation and continuing developments both here and in Europe have made the law in this area especially complex. We are able to offer advice on a full range of contentious and non-contentious issues relating to employment law and its particular application to the recruitment industry.
We advise clients on the full range of industrial relations issues including:
- Employing staff and contracts of employment
- Termination of employment / unfair dismissal
- Dealing with sex / race / disability age discrimination issues
- Enforcing restrictions on departing employees
- Employment Tribunal claims
- Maternity and family rights
- Working Time Regulations
Recruitment Industry Team
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