UK employment law is always evolving and changing. As such, keeping your team trained and skilled in the various areas of employment law to be implemented within your business is crucial – with the alternative option being to retain a team of employment lawyers in London on speed dial for those occasions when you need professional advice and expertise.
2025 is set to be a year of continued change for businesses, specifically with regard to staying competitive and navigating the world of recruitment and ever-changing candidate desires and needs.
With that in mind, here are the three areas of employment law that we think businesses should focus more on in 2025, to preserve their reputation as a good employer on the marketplace.
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Incentive Plans and Bonus Schemes
When it comes to staying competitive in the candidate market as a prospective employer, incentive plans, bonus schemes, and professional opportunities are becoming ever more important to focus on.
This means considering everything from sign-on bonuses to bonus schemes that attract and reward your top performers, as well as offering different professional development opportunities and training courses. Anything you can do to position your company as an attractive place to work will serve you well in 2025 and beyond.
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Handling Employee Complaints in a Supportive Way
Your workplace culture has a direct effect on how your staff feel about their work and, of course, positioning your company as an attractive place to work includes handling employee complaints in an open, transparent, and supportive way, without delay.
Knowing how to navigate difficulties between employees, and between an employee and your management team can be difficult. Having the support of external employment lawyers will enable you to navigate any such challenges in a constructive way.
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Increase Team Knowledge and Understanding of Employment Law
Finally, we expect to see a rise in the number of employees who want to develop their own knowledge of the intricacies of employment law. Whether you operate `alongside an in-house legal team or you outsource your employment law support to a third-party provider, having access to the most up-to-date regulations and laws, and practical guidance and training on how to interpret and use/apply them day to day, is crucial.
Do You Need an Employment Law Team on Your Side
It doesn’t matter if your business has faced employment legal challenges in the past or you are reading this with a clean slate – the chances that you will need specialist employment law support at some point are incredibly high; not just to help you handle challenges such as employee misconduct or poor performance, employee absence, or staff disagreement, but to prepare and support you in issuing contracts of employment and generally managing the employment relationship throughout.
Having an employment law team on your side means access to the legal jargon, information, and regulations you need, when you need it and how you need it – in a meaningful and understandable way. And when you don’t, it grants you a fresh set of eyes to proofread your documents and a sounding board for that second opinion whenever that might be useful.
For more information on how to improve your approach to employment law in 2025, reach out to your local employment lawyers.
